ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,395, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to JP BIO A INC. (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and NATIONAL CANCER CENTER (Goyang-si, South Korea).
"DNA aptamers for pancreatic cancer detection" was invented by Yun Hee Kim (Goyang-si, South Korea), Kyun Heo (Seoul, South Korea), Sun Il Choi (Goyang-si, South Korea) and In Hoo Kim (Goyang-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are DNA aptamers selected from a DNA library using Cell-SELEX to bind specifically to cancer cells, which are optimized for high binding affinity to cancer cells can be effectively used for the diagnosis of cancer as they have enhanced targeting efficiencies ...