ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,841, issued on May 5, was assigned to ST INNOVATIVE DIAGNOSTICS LTD (Be'er Yaakov, Israel).

"Methods of diagnosing malignant diseases" was invented by Esther Rabizadeh (Be'er Yaakov, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for diagnosing a malignant proliferative disease or disorder in a subject, and/or for following up, monitoring or prognosticating the therapy of a malignant proliferative disease or disorder in a subject is disclosed. The method is based on measurement of platelet-mediated fibrinogen-like protein 2 (FGL2) activity in a sample essentially comprising platelets obtained from the subject. In accordance with the di...