ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,325, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to New England Biolabs Inc. (Ipswich, Mass.).
"RNase inhibitors" was invented by Nathan Tanner (West Newbury, Mass.), Jennifer Ong (Salem, Mass.), Esta Slayton (Epping, N.H.), Lisa L. Maduzia (Topsfield, Mass.) and Salvatore V. Russello (Newbury, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compositions, methods and kits are provided that include an inhibitory oligonucleotide RNase inhibitor capable of inhibiting one or more types of RNase that coexist with biological samples or are introduced in the laboratory, thereby protecting RNA in the sample from degradation. More than one type of oligonucleotide RNa...