ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,268, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to SHANDONG UNIVERSITY (Jinan, China).

"RNA fluorescent probe for rapidly distinguishing cancer tissue from normal tissue based on nucleolar morphological changes" was invented by Xiaoqiang Yu (Jinan, China), Peng Gao (Jinan, China), Xiuquan He (Jinan, China), Fangfang Meng (Jinan, China), Junyi He (Jinan, China) and Zhiqiang Liu (Jinan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An RNA fluorescent probe for rapidly distinguishing cancer tissue from normal tissue based on nucleolar morphological changes, the probe being (E)-1-(3-aminopropyl)-4-(2-(9-ethyl-9H-carbazol-3-yl)vinyl)pyridine-1-ium dibromide, a...