US Patent Issued to SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE on Aug. 25 for "Electrochemical immuno-biosensor and method for detection of circulating protein biomarkers" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,859, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Toronto).

"Electrochemical immuno-biosensor and method for detection of circulating protein biomarkers" was invented by Sahar S. Mahshid (Toronto) and Alain Dabdoub (Toronto).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a biosensor platform for rapid detection of otolin-1 and prestin, blood-circulating proteins specifically expressed in the vestibule and cochlea, respectively. The platform is designed on a DNA-based immunoassay that employs conjugated antibodies for target protein recognition, which when bound, altered the DNA-DNA hybridization on...