US Patent Issued to Northeastern University on Nov. 25 for "DNA preservation in biological specimens using metal chelators" (New Hampshire Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,151, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Northeastern University (Boston).

"DNA preservation in biological specimens using metal chelators" was invented by Daniel Distel (Windham, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a method for preserving high molecular weight DNA in biological tissue, comprising contacting for a period of time at a temperature the biological tissue with an aqueous solution comprising a compound having the structure:"

The patent was filed on Feb. 19, 2021, under Application No. 17/180,159.

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