US Patent Issued to University of Florida Research Foundation on Oct. 7 for "Detection of antibodies against RAN proteins from serum and tissue lysates" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,154, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to University of Florida Research Foundation Inc. (Gainesville, Fla.).

"Detection of antibodies against RAN proteins from serum and tissue lysates" was invented by Laura Ranum (Gainesville, Fla.), Lauren A. Laboissonniere (Gainesville, Fla.) and Lien Nguyen (Gainesville, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the disclosure relate to methods and compositions (e.g., kits) for detecting anti-repeat-associated non-ATG (RAN) protein antibodies in a subject (e.g., a subject that has been administered a therapeutic anti-RAN protein antibody or a vaccine against a disease or disorder associated wit...