US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California on June 24 for "Astrocyte traumatome and neurotrauma biomarkers" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,289, issued on June 24, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Astrocyte traumatome and neurotrauma biomarkers" was invented by Ina-Beate Wanner (Topanga, Calif.) and Joseph A. Loo (Encino, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for detection or monitoring status of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and/or spinal cord injury (SCI) in a subject is provided. In one embodiment, the method comprises contacting a specimen of bodily fluid obtained from the subject with reagents for assaying for a marker of TBI selected from aldolase C (ALDOC) and brain lipid binding protein (BLBP/FABP7), or a tra...