ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,945, issued on Nov. 25.
"Systems and methods for utilizing combined magnetic nanoparticles and nanobodies" was invented by Jaime Heiss (Menlo Park, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are systems, methods, and computer software for determining a conformational change in a structure of a protein. One method includes delivering a magnetic nanoparticle-nanobody (MNP-NB) complex to a sample containing a protein, where the MNP-NB complex will bind to the protein in the sample. An external magnetic field is applied to the sample with a magnetic field generation system. Signals are detected from the MNP-NB complex that reflect a...