US Patent Issued to Wayne State University, The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary Department of Health & Human Services on April 8 for "Kits and methods for prediction and treatment of preeclampsia" (Chinese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,814, issued on April 8, was assigned to Wayne State University (Detroit) and The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary Department of Health & Human Services (Bethesda, Md.).

"Kits and methods for prediction and treatment of preeclampsia" was invented by Adi L. Tarca (South Lyon, Mich.), Piya Chaemsaithong (Shatin, Hong Kong), Tinnakorn Chaiworapongsa (Grosse Pointe Park, Mich.), Sonia S. Hassan (Novi, Mich.) and Roberto Romero (Grosse Pointe, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Biomarkers tests which can be used to predict a positive or negative risk of preeclampsia are described. More specifically, a panel of bio...