US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California on Jan. 13 for "Broad-spectrum nanoparticle enabled genomic detection" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,874, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Broad-spectrum nanoparticle enabled genomic detection" was invented by Liangfang Zhang (San Diego) and Wei Wang (La Jolla, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described are methods, compositions, and devices for early detection and prevention of diseases, including cancer, infectious diseases, and autoimmune diseases, using broad-spectrum enrichment technology and single cell sequencing technology. An example method for detecting circulating tumor cells (CTCs) using platelet membrane-coated nanoparticles (PNPs) and single cell RN...