patent Ovasort Ltd
Ovasort Ltd owns a patent on a new process for discovering proteins on the cell surface of mammalian sperm. To date the process has been used to enrich for X-chromosome bearing cells. This validates the technology both in terms of its ability to enrich specific sperm cell types on the basis of novel surface proteins and its ability to link protein discovery to specific chromosome/gene activity. This information is being used to develop a low cost sperm separation kit for sorting X- and Y-chromosome bearing cells in livestock breeding. Other applications are planned to follow.
Contact: Dr Ian Cumming MRCVS, Ovasort Limited, Cardiff Medicentre, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4JU, Tel: 01404 831104
Email: icumming@ukf.net