US Patent Issued to Quadram Institute Bioscience on Nov. 3 for "Methods and compositions utilising vitamin B12 binding" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,342, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Quadram Institute Bioscience (Norwich, Great Britain).

"Methods and compositions utilising vitamin B12 binding" was invented by Simon Carding (Norwich Norfolk, Great Britain), Rokas Juodeikis (Norwich Norfolk, Great Britain) and Martin James Warren (Norwich Norfolk, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composition for labelling, detection, immobilisation and/or isolation of at least one target molecule. The composition including a non-covalent affinity, coupling or binding between vitamin B12 binding protein BtuG2 and at least one bond formed between the vitamin B12 and the target molec...