ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,336, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore).

"MANAbodies and methods of using" was invented by Emily Han-Chung Hsiue (Baltimore), Qing Wang (Owings Mills, Md.), Bert Vogelstein (Baltimore), Kenneth W. Kinzler (Frankford, Del.), Shibin Zhou (Owings Mills, Md.), Jacqueline Douglass (Baltimore), Michael S. Hwang (Seattle) and Nickolas Papadopoulos (Towson, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This document provides methods and materials for assessing a mammal having or suspected of having cancer and/or for treating a mammal having cancer. For example, molecules including one or more antigen-binding dom...