ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,282,025, issued on April 22, was assigned to Academy of Military Medical Sciences (Beijing).

"Rapid detection method for ricin toxin" was invented by Wenwen Xin (Beijing), Jiaxin Li (Beijing), Lin Kang (Beijing), Tingting Liu (Beijing), Lina Dong (Beijing), Shan Gao (Beijing) and Jinglin Wang (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rapid detection method for ricin toxin is provided. The rapid detection method for ricin toxin comprises reacting an adenine-containing oligonucleotide chain substrate labeled with a fluorescent group and a quenching group, a buffer solution, a BSA solution, a to-be-detected sample and sterile water, incubati...