Patent ID: 11970746
Assignee: EXACT SCIENCES CORPORATION
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC C  A  G | IPC C  G

Claim 2:
3. A method of processing a fecal sample, the method comprising:
a) obtaining a pair of portions of a fecal sample collected from a human subject, the pair of portions comprising:
i) a sealed sealable vessel containing a first portion of a fecal sample and a stabilizing buffer; and
ii) a sealed sealable container containing a second portion of a fecal sample and a solution that prevents denaturation or degradation of blood proteins found in a fecal sample,
wherein the pair of portions are obtained by the method of claim 1;

b) extracting nucleic acid from the first portion of the fecal sample;
c) testing nucleic acid extracted from the first portion of the fecal sample for an amount of a human nucleic acid; and
d) testing the second portion of the fecal sample for an amount of a blood protein present in the second portion of the fecal sample.