US Patent Issued to ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY on Dec. 9 for "Compositions and methods for detecting viral nucleic acids" (American, Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,424, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Compositions and methods for detecting viral nucleic acids" was invented by Shengxi Chen (Chandler, Ariz.), Sidney Hecht (Phoenix) and Mingxuan Gao (Chongqing, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are compositions that may be used to detect viral nucleic acid. For example, these compositions may comprise a DNA-nanostructure, a capture oligonucleotide and a protector oligonucleotide, wherein the components are designed based on a duo-toehold-mediated displacement reaction (duo-TMDR) strategy. In t...