ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,193, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (Wuhan, China).

"Method for preparing tumor-derived microparticles by microwave" was invented by Yang Jin (Wuhan, China), WenJuan Chen (Wuhan, China), MengFei Guo (Wuhan, China), JingJing Deng (Wuhan, China) and YaLi Wu (Wuhan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for preparing a tumor-derived microparticle by a microwave includes the following steps: step 1, Lewis lung carcinoma (LLC) of a lung adenocarcinoma cell line is taken and then the LCC is cultured in a culture dish for more than 24 hours (h) t...