US Patent Issued to Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona on Aug. 4 for "Systems and methods for characterizing and treating disease" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,534, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona (Tucson, Ariz.).

"Systems and methods for characterizing and treating disease" was invented by Kenneth Ramos (Tucson, Ariz.), Emma Bowers (Tucson, Ariz.), Patrick Silva (Tucson, Ariz.) and Brian McKay (Tucson, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are composition and methods for characterizing and treating disease. In particular, provided herein are compositions and methods for characterizing and treating disease (e.g., cancer) associated with activation of LINE-1 retroelements."

The patent was filed on Dec. 30, 2019,...