ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,343, issued on June 17, was assigned to CAMBRIDGE ENTERPRISE Ltd. (Cambridge, Great Britain).
"FAMIN assay methods" was invented by Arthur Kaser (Cambridge, Great Britain) and Mohammed Zaeem Cader (Cambridge, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates to the finding that FAMIN (fatty acid metabolism-immunity nexus; LACC1, C13orf31)) is a trifunctional purine salvage enzyme that displays a unique combination of adenosine deaminase, purine nucleoside phosphorylase and methylthioadenosine phosphorylase activities. Methods of measuring FAMIN activity and screening for FAMIN modulators are provided that comprise d...