US Patent Issued on March 4 for "Assay for the rapid detection of nucleic acids via a modified lamp reaction coupled with colorimetric reporter utilizing a gold nanoparticle : peptide nucleic acid (AuNp-PNA) probe system" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,241,118, issued on March 4.

"Assay for the rapid detection of nucleic acids via a modified lamp reaction coupled with colorimetric reporter utilizing a gold nanoparticle : peptide nucleic acid (AuNp-PNA) probe system" was invented by Paul Mann (Marquette, Mich.) and Matthew Jennings (Marquette, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assay is provided for the rapid detection of nucleic acids via a modified LAMP reaction coupled with colorimetric reporter utilizing a gold nanoparticle-peptide nucleic acid (AuNP-PNA) probe system."

The patent was filed on Aug. 22, 2022, under Application No. 17/821,277.

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