US Patent Issued to THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO on Oct. 6 for "Composition and methods related to modification of 5 hydroxymethylcytosine (5-hmC)" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,445, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO (Chicago).

"Composition and methods related to modification of 5 hydroxymethylcytosine (5-hmC)" was invented by Chuan He (Chicago) and Chunxiao Song (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology. More particularly, it concerns methods and compositions for detecting, evaluating, and/or mapping 5-hydroxymethyl-modified cytosine bases within a nucleic acid molecule."

The patent was filed on Sept. 17, 2025, under Application No. 19/330,958.

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