1 REAGENTS AND KITS FOR THE EXTRACTION, ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION OF NUCLEIC ACIDS FROM BIOMATERIALS SUCH AS BLOOD, PAXGENE TUBES, TISSUES, CELLS, SERUM, SALIVA, PLANT MATERIAL, BACTERIA, VIRUS, CULTURED CELLS AND FRESH, FROZEN AND PARAFFIN EMBEDDED TISSUES, COMPRISED OF CHEMICAL REAGENT COMPOSITIONS FOR SCIENTIFIC AND RESEARCH; REAGENTS AND KITS FOR THE EXTRACTION, ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION OF NUCLEIC ACIDS FROM BIOMATERIALS SUCH AS BLOOD, PAXGENE TUBES, TISSUES, CELLS, SERUM, SALIVA, PLANT MATERIAL, BACTERIA, VIRUS, CULTURED CELLS AND FRESH, FROZEN AND PARAFFIN EMBEDDED TISSUES, COMPRISED OF CHEMICAL REAGENT COMPOSITIONS FOR COMMERCIAL USE, NAMELY, FOR USE IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND MANUFACTURE OF BIOLOGICS, PHARMACEUTICALS AND THERAPEUTICS; REAGENTS AND KITS FOR THE EXTRACTION, ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION OF NUCLEIC ACIDS FROM BIOMATERIALS SUCH AS BLOOD, PAXGENE TUBES, TISSUES, CELLS, SERUM, SALIVA, PLANT MATERIAL, BACTERIA, VIRUS, CULTURED CELLS AND FRESH, FROZEN AND PARAFFIN EMBEDDED TISSUES, COMPRISED OF CHEMICAL REAGENT COMPOSITIONS FOR CLINICAL USE