METHOD TO ISOLATE MACROMOLECULES USING MAGNETICALLY ATTRACTABLE BEADS WHICH DO NOT SPECIFICALLY BIND THE MACROMOLECULES

摘要

A method of recovering a biopolymer from solution involves the use of magnetically attractable beads which do not specifically bind the polymer. The beads are suspended in the solution. Then the polymer is precipitated out of solution and becomes non-specifically associated with the beads. When the beads are magnetically drawn down, the polymer is drawn down with them. The polymer can subsequently be resolubilised and separated from the beads.