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Reply to: Technical concerns about immunoprecipitation of methylated fetal DNA for noninvasive trisomy 21 diagnosis

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P.C.P. has filed a Patent Cooperation Treaty patent application (application no. PCT/IB2011/000217) for the MeDIP real-time quantitative PCR–based NIPD approach. The patent is now owned by NIPD Genetics Ltd. P.C.P. is a consultant with and holds equities in this company.

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Patsalis, P. Reply to: Technical concerns about immunoprecipitation of methylated fetal DNA for noninvasive trisomy 21 diagnosis. Nat Med 18, 1328–1329 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm.2914

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