US Patent Issued to DEUTSCHES KREBSFORSCHUNGSZENTRUM STIFTUNG DES OFFENTLICHEN RECHTS on Jan. 27 for "DNA-replication associated (Rep) protein antibody" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,523, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to DEUTSCHES KREBSFORSCHUNGSZENTRUM STIFTUNG DES OFFENTLICHEN RECHTS (Heidelberg, Germany).

"DNA-replication associated (Rep) protein antibody" was invented by Harald Zur Hausen (Waldmichelbach, Germany), Ethel-Michele De Villiers-Zur Hausen (Waldmichelbach, Germany), Timo Bund (Dossenheim, Germany) and Sebastian Eilebrecht (Eslohe, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a method of diagnosing multiple sclerosis (MS), wherein a blood sample from a patient is incubated with a DNA-replication associated (REP) protein. The present invention relates to a DNA-replication-associated (Rep) p...