US Patent Issued to OSAKA UNIVERSITY on Nov. 3 for "Method for isolating specific genomic regions with use of molecule capable of specifically binding to endogenous DNA sequence" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,259, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to OSAKA UNIVERSITY (Osaka, Japan).

"Method for isolating specific genomic regions with use of molecule capable of specifically binding to endogenous DNA sequence" was invented by Hodaka Fujii (Osaka, Japan) and Toshitsugu Fujita (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method comprising (A) fragmenting genomic DNA in a state where the interaction of the genomic DNA and molecules interacting therewith is maintained, and (B) bringing genomic DNA into contact with an exogenous molecule capable of binding to a specific endogenous DNA sequence in the genomic DNA. According to the method, with the ...