ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,844, issued on May 5, was assigned to Imperial College Innovations Ltd. (London).
"Cancer" was invented by George Hanna (London) and Sophie Doran (London).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to biomarkers, and to novel biological markers for diagnosing cancer. In particular, the invention relates to the use of these compounds as diagnostic and prognostic markers in assays for detecting cancer, such as oesophagogastric cancer, and corresponding methods of detection. The invention also relates to methods of determining the efficacy of treating these diseases with a therapeutic agent. The assays are qualitative and/or quan...