ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,700, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to NDSU RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Fargo, N.D.).
"Methods for identifying cancer" was invented by Dali Sun (West Fargo, N.D.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are methods for identifying tumor-derived extracellular vesicles. The methods can include combining an antibody and a sample under conditions suitable for formation of antigen-antibody complexes with tumor-derived extracellular vesicles. The methods also include exposing the tumor-derived extracellular vesicles to a compound that binds beta-sheet structures, and determining if there is a change in binding of the compound to the extracellular...