US Patent Issued to Case Western Reserve University on Feb. 17 for "Compositions and methods for preserving DNA methylation" (Ohio, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,089, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland).

"Compositions and methods for preserving DNA methylation" was invented by Sanford D. Markowitz (Pepper Pike, Ohio), Helen Moinova (Beachwood, Ohio) and David Wurtman (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure provides methods for storage solutions for preserving DNA methylation patterns over a period of time. The disclosure also provides for methods of using methylated DNA stored in such storage solutions."

The patent was filed on May 28, 2020, under Application No. 17/613,825.

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