ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,485, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wis.).
"Non-invasive assays for embryo quality" was invented by Hasan Khatib (Fitchburg, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Differentially expressed miRNA or small mRNA in the culture media of embryos were found to correlate to and affect embryo developmental fate. Accordingly the present invention provides a method for selecting a bovine embryo for implantation into a female bovine animal for further development based on the levels of specific miRNA or small mRNA. Also provided are methods of improving bovine embryo development fate by reducing ...