ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,420, issued on June 23, was assigned to MCMASTER UNIVERSITY (Hamilton, Canada).
"Dnazymes for detecting Legionella pneumophila" was invented by Yingfu Li (Dundas, Canada), Meghan Rothenbroker (Aurora, Canada), Erin M. McConnell (Orleans, Canada), Carlos D. M. Filipe (Ancaster, Canada) and Jimmy Gu (Mississauga, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to DNAzymes and biosensors for detecting pathogenic bacteria, and in particular, for detecting Legionella pneumophila. This disclosure also provides a method for detecting the presence of Legionella pneumophila in a test sample, comprising: a) contacting said test s...