US Patent Issued to Case Western Reserve University on Sept. 2 for "Compositions and methods for preserving DNA methylation" (Ohio, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,404,538, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland).

"Compositions and methods for preserving DNA methylation" was invented by Sanford D. Markowitz (Pepper Pike, Ohio), Helen Moinova (Beachwood, Ohio) and Joseph Ready (Carrollton, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure provides methods for storage solutions for preserving DNA methylation patterns over a period of time. The disclosure also provides for methods of using methylated DNA stored in such storage solutions."

The patent was filed on May 26, 2021, under Application No. 17/927,525.

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