US Patent Issued to Zhejiang SUKEAN Pharmaceutical on May 27 for "Serum metabolic biomarkers for detecting tuberculosis and tuberculosis detection kit" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,636, issued on May 27, was assigned to Zhejiang SUKEAN Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (Hangzhou, China).

"Serum metabolic biomarkers for detecting tuberculosis and tuberculosis detection kit" was invented by Pintong Huang (Hangzhou, China), Yajing Liu (Hangzhou, China), Yan Su (Hangzhou, China) and Chao Zhang (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A set of serum metabolic biomarkers and detection kit for detecting tuberculosis are provided. The set of the serum metabolic biomarkers includes 17 serum metabolic biomarkers. The 17 serum metabolic biomarkers comprising D-Leucic acid, Leucinic acid, L-Cystine, MG(0:0/14:0/0:0), S-Lactoy...