US Patent Issued to Georgetown University on Sept. 22 for "DNA-fish method for measurement of telomere length" (District Of Columbia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,200, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Georgetown University (Washington).

"DNA-fish method for measurement of telomere length" was invented by Yun-Ling Zheng (Washington).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are methods and compositions useful for assessing the length of telomeres. The disclosed methods and compositions are amenable to performance as a high-throughput method to assess telomere length (TL) and TL constitution using genomic DNA. Also provided are methods for diagnosing a telomere-related condition or disease in a subject, assessing general health and/or aging of a subject, establishing a relationship between telo...