US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of Michigan on June 3 for "Materials and methods for localized detection of nucleic acids in a tissue sample" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,955, issued on June 3, was assigned to The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

"Materials and methods for localized detection of nucleic acids in a tissue sample" was invented by Jun Hee Lee (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to materials and methods for spatial detection of nucleic acid in a tissue sample or a portion thereof. In particular, provided herein are materials and methods for detecting RNA so as to obtain spatial information about the localization, distribution or expression of genes in a tissue sample. In some embodiments, the materials and methods provide...