ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,310, issued on May 13, was assigned to Drexel University (Philadelphia).
"Methods for cancer detection with quantum dots" was invented by Wei-Heng Shih (Bryn Mawr, Pa.), Wan Y. Shih (Bryn Mawr, Pa.), Giang Au (Sicklerville, N.J.), Ari D. Brooks (Cherry Hill, N.J.) and Vanlila K. Swami (Philadelphia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One or more aqueous, near infrared emitting, high yield, highly photoluminescent, stable quantum dots conjugated to one or more biomarkers specific moieties. The conjugated quantum dots have an enhanced detection sensitivity and selectivity and may be formed using a novel and efficient method for conjugating ...