US Patent Issued to ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY on March 24 for "Multiplexed lateral flow assay for detection of HPV associated cancer" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,918, issued on March 24, was assigned to ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Multiplexed lateral flow assay for detection of HPV associated cancer" was invented by Karen Anderson (Scottsdale, Ariz.) and Ching-Wen Hou (Chandler, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and compositions are provided for the detection of HPV infection in a subject sample. In particular, the methods and composition include variants of certain HPV proteins (e.g., HPV16 E6 protein), wherein the HPV proteins have been modified to enhance solubility while maintaining or enhancing seropositivity to HPV pos...