US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California on June 23 for "Non-invasive gene mutation detection in lung cancer patients" (American, Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,695, issued on June 23, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Non-invasive gene mutation detection in lung cancer patients" was invented by Fang Wei (North Hills, Calif.), David T.W. Wong (Beverly Hills, Calif.) and Wu-Chou Su (Tainan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for the detection of saliva biomarkers in bodily fluids is described. In particular, the system is suitable for detecting biomarkers of lung cancer in a subject. The system includes an electrochemical sensor chip having at least one well, wherein the at least one well contains a working electrode coated ...