US Patent Issued to NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KOCHI UNIVERSITY on Nov. 18 for "Marker for pancreatic cancer and intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,600, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KOCHI UNIVERSITY (Kochi, Japan).

"Marker for pancreatic cancer and intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms" was invented by Keisuke Taniuchi (Kochi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A marker having excellent sensitivity and specificity to pancreatic cancer and intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms. Also, a kit for diagnosing pancreatic cancer and intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms to detect the marker, and a method for evaluating a metastasis of a pancreas cancer cell by using the marker. The marker for pancreatic cancer and intraductal papillary mu...