Method for separating and purifying nucleic acid

Abstract

Nucleic acid contained in a sample is highly efficiently recovered at a high recovery ratio by a method for separating and purifying nucleic acid using whole blood as the sample, which is a method for separating and purifying nucleic acid, comprising: preparing a sample solution containing nucleic acid; putting the sample solution containing nucleic acid in contact with a solid phase to allow nucleic acid to be adsorbed to the solid phase; putting a washing solution in contact with the solid phase to wash the solid phase at the state of nucleic acid adsorbed thereon; and putting a elution solution in contact with the solid phase to allow nucleic acid to be desorbed from the solid phase, wherein the step of preparing a sample solution containing nucleic acid comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of vortexing, mixing with inversion, and pipetting.

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