US Patent Issued to The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services on July 14 for "Cancer detection methods" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,136, issued on July 14, was assigned to The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Bethesda, Md.).

"Cancer detection methods" was invented by Laura L. Elnitski (Gaithersburg, Md.) and Gennady Margolin (Rockville, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application provides methods for the detection and diagnosis of cancer. In one aspect, the application provides methods for detecting the presence of cancer in an individual by detecting the methylation state of a region in the promoter of the ZNF154 gene. Methods are provided for detection and diagnosis of cancer from...