Patent ID: 8367814

Claim:
A kit for detecting the presence of a major breakpoint and/or minor breakpoint bcr/abl translocation in a biological sample, comprising: (i) a first primer set consisting of three oligonucleotide primers together capable of amplifying at least one major breakpoint bcr/abl translocation transcript and at least one minor breakpoint bcr/abl translocation transcript; (ii) a first oligonucleotide probe specific for the bcr region of the minor bcr/abl translocation transcript amplified by said primers, wherein the first oligonucleotide probe comprises a first detectable label; and (iii) a second oligonucleotide probe specific for the bcr region of the major bcr/abl translocation transcript amplified by said primers, wherein the second oligonucleotide probe comprises a second detectable label.