US Patent Issued to EIKEN KAGAKU on Feb. 4 for "Method of stabilizing protein contained in specimen and solution for stabilizing protein contained in specimen" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,215,140, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to EIKEN KAGAKU K.K. (Tokyo).

"Method of stabilizing protein contained in specimen and solution for stabilizing protein contained in specimen" was invented by Nozomi Sakamaki (Tochigi, Japan), Hidenori Taguchi (Tochigi, Japan), Mitsuru Makinodan (Tochigi, Japan) and Miyu Yamada (Tochigi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a method of stabilizing a protein. The method includes a step of causing a protein contained in a specimen derived from a living body to coexist with an arylboronic acid. The protein contained in the specimen derived from the living body is at least...