US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California on Feb. 24 for "Compositions and methods for determining genetic polymorphisms in the TMEM216 gene" (Italian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,798, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Compositions and methods for determining genetic polymorphisms in the TMEM216 gene" was invented by Joseph G. Gleeson (San Diego), Jennifer Silhavy (San Diego), Enza Maria Valente (Rome) and Francesco Brancati (Rome).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In alternative embodiments, the invention provides nucleic acid sequences that are genetic polymorphic variations of the human TMEM216 gene, and TMEM216 polypeptide encoded by these variant alleles. In alternative embodiments, the invention provides methods of determining or predicting a p...