METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING A SAMPLE OF BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL CONTAINING TARGET CELLS AND COMPANION CELLS IN ORDER TO EXTRACT NUCLEIC ACIDS OF THE TARGET CELLS

摘要

The invention relates to a method (100) for processing a sample of biological material containing target cells and companion cells in order to extract nucleic acids of the target cells. The method (100) has a step (110) of accumulating the target cells of the sample by separating the target cells or the companion cells from the sample. The method (100) additionally has a step (120) of decomposing the target cells by chemical or physical lysis in order to produce a target cell lysate containing the nucleic acids of the target cells. The method (100) further has a step (130) of purifying the nucleic acids from the target cell lysate in order to extract the nucleic acid of the target cells.