US Patent Issued to The University of Chicago on June 23 for "Method and composition for measurement of nitric oxide" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,426, issued on June 23, was assigned to The University of Chicago (Chicago).

"Method and composition for measurement of nitric oxide" was invented by Yamuna Krishnan (Chicago), Aneesh T. Veetil (Chicago) and Maulik S. Jani (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for determining nitric oxide concentration in biological samples. The method includes for determining nitric oxide concentration in a sample including: (i) providing a nucleic acid complex comprising a first single-stranded nucleic acid molecule comprising a fluorophore crosslinked to the first strand, the fluorophore comprising diaminorhodamine-4-methylamine (DAR-4M...