METHOD OF HARVESTING RARE CELLS FROM BLOOD PRODUCTS

摘要

The present invention provides methods of harvesting rare cells from blood
products and/or obtaining products of the rare cells. The method includes
contacting a blood product containing rare cells with a porous medium, and
selectively retaining rare cells of interest on the porous medium. The porous
medium can be contacted with an elution fluid wherein a population of the rare
cells is eluted from the porous medium. Rare cells selectively retained on the
porous medium can be cultured on the porous medium, and products of the rare
cells can be obtained.