US Patent Issued to Freenome Holdings on Feb. 18 for "Markers for the early detection of colon cell proliferative disorders" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,574, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Freenome Holdings Inc. (San Francisco).

"Markers for the early detection of colon cell proliferative disorders" was invented by Hayley Warsinske (Daly City, Calif.), Adam Drake (Burlingame, Calif.), Krishnan Kanna Palaniappan (San Francisco), Brian D. O'Donovan (San Francisco) and John Hawkins (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, media, compositions, methods, and kits disclosed herein relate to a panel of protein biomarkers for the early detection of colon cell proliferative disorders, including colorectal cancer. The presence or levels of the proteins in a biological sample f...