US Patent Issued to Drexel University on March 3 for "Methods of diagnosing or treating Lyme disease" (Pennsylvania, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,566,180, issued on March 3, was assigned to Drexel University (Philadelphia).

"Methods of diagnosing or treating Lyme disease" was invented by Mary Comunale (Bangor, Pa.) and Benjamin Haslund-Gourley (Santa Barbara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein is a method of diagnosing Lyme disease in a subject. The method includes determining a glycosylation profile of a protein whose glycosylation profile is associated with Lyme disease in a subject, and comparing the glycosylation profile of the protein with a predetermined glycosylation profile of the protein indicating free of Lyme disease or a predetermined glycosylation ...