US Patent Issued to AUBURN UNIVERSITY on July 28 for "DNA-based assays" (Alabama, Michigan, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,257, issued on July 28, was assigned to AUBURN UNIVERSITY (Auburn, Ala.).

"DNA-based assays" was invented by Subramaniam Somasundaram (Auburn, Ala.), Anup Singh (Media, Pa.) and Eshwar Inapuri (Novi, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein DNA-based assays that include nanostructures providing a simple, highly sensitive method for small molecule, biologic and peptide measurements that are optimized for use in a commercial, point-of-care diagnostic settings and systems. These DNA-based assays may include a combination of multiple redox molecules (e.g., methylene blue) such as between 3-8 redox molecules, and a spacer of ...