US Patent Issued to Microgen Laboratories on July 14 for "Methods and reagents for rapid detection of pathogens in biological samples" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,126, issued on July 14, was assigned to Microgen Laboratories (LaMarque, Texas).

"Methods and reagents for rapid detection of pathogens in biological samples" was invented by Raymond P. Stowe (Galveston, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and compositions for rapid detection of pathogens in biological samples, such as saliva or a nasal swab, are disclosed. Nucleic acid molecules from pathogens can be stabilized at room temperature for several days in a transport solution, followed by their amplification without prior extraction. An optimized isothermal amplification method and the amplification solution are also disclosed, ...