US Patent Issued to Duke University on Nov. 18 for "Methods and systems for processing a nucleic acid sample" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,597, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Duke University (Durham, N.C.).

"Methods and systems for processing a nucleic acid sample" was invented by Ephraim L. Tsalik (Cary, N.C.), Ricardo Henao Giraldo (Durham, N.C.), Thomas W. Burke (Durham, N.C.), Geoffrey S. Ginsburg (Durham, N.C.), Christopher W. Woods (Durham, N.C.) and Micah T. McClain (Durham, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides methods and systems for processing a nucleic acid sample. The present disclosure also provides methods and systems for detecting (e.g., optically detecting) a pathogen in a sample. The methods provided herein may use nucl...