US Patent Issued to CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY on Aug. 5 for "Methods and compositions for the detection of cancer" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,172, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY (Cleveland).

"Methods and compositions for the detection of cancer" was invented by Susann Brady-Kalnay (Cleveland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A molecular probe for use in detection of cancer cells expressing an Ig superfamily cell adhesion molecule that binds in a homophilic fashion in a subject includes a targeting agent that specifically binds to and/or complexes with a proteolytically cleaved extracellular fragment of the Ig superfamily cell adhesion molecule."

The patent was filed on March 26, 2019, under Application No. 16/365,166.

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