ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,269, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to GRAIL Inc. (Menlo Park, Calif.).
"Methods for analyzing viral nucleic acid" was invented by Yuk-Ming Dennis Lo (Hong Kong), Kwan Chee Chan (Hong Kong) and Weng In Chu (Hong Kong SAR, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are methods, systems, and computer readable medium for detecting nucleic acid from a pathogen, e.g., virus, e.g., Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), in a cell-free nucleic sample from an individual at risk of a condition, e.g., nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). The methods, systems, and computer readable medium can be used to screen for the presence of the condition, e.g., NP...