Patent ID: 8715965

Claim:
A method of amplifying nucleic acid from blood, the method comprising: performing electrodialysis on a blood sample thereby reducing an ionic strength of the sample and disrupting red blood cells present in the blood sample; performing electrolysis on the blood sample before or after performing the electrodialysis, and performing a Polymerase Chain Reaction (“PCR”) using the blood sample on which the electrodialysis and the electrolysis has been performed as a template, wherein the blood sample used as the template in the PCR makes up 5% to 20% by volume of a PCR reaction solution, wherein the performing electrodialysis comprises injecting the blood sample into a diluting compartment including molecular weight cut-off membranes disposed in a wall of the diluting compartment, and applying a voltage between the membranes and moving ionic materials into a concentrating compartment from the diluting compartment and wherein the voltage is direct voltage (“DC”).