US Patent Issued to CERNOSTICS on Oct. 14 for "Methods of predicting progression of Barrett's esophagus" (Pennsylvania Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,819, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to CERNOSTICS INC. (Bethlehem, Pa.).

"Methods of predicting progression of Barrett's esophagus" was invented by Rebecca J. Thorne (Pittsburgh).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments described herein provide methods of determining a risk of progression of Barrett's esophagus in a subject, classifying Barrett's esophagus in a subject, and detecting a field effect associated with malignant transformation of an esophagus of a subject suffering from Barrett's esophagus. The disclosure also provides kits for determining a risk of progression of Barrett's esophagus in a subject and classifying Barrett...