US Patent Issued to University of Cincinnati on April 21 for "Super-resolution morphology-correlated detection of labile zinc" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,637, issued on April 21, was assigned to University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati).

"Super-resolution morphology-correlated detection of labile zinc" was invented by Jiajie Diao (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for detecting labile zinc (Zn2+) in a biological material is provided herein, the method including: (a) contacting the biological material with a composition including NapBu-BPEA; and (b) imaging the biological material via molecular fluorescence imaging to detect the labile zinc in the biological material. Also provided herein are methods for morphology-correlated detection of labile zinc localization in a sub...