US Patent Issued to University of Florida Research Foundation on Dec. 23 for "Immunoassays for detection of ran proteins" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,380, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to University of Florida Research Foundation Inc. (Gainesville, Fla.).

"Immunoassays for detection of ran proteins" was invented by Laura Ranum (Gainesville, Fla.) and Lien Nguyen (Gainesville, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the disclosure relate to methods and compositions (e.g., kits) for detecting repeat-associated non-ATG (RAN) proteins in a subject (e.g., a subject having or suspected of having a disease associated with RAN protein translation, for example amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and/or frontotemporal dementia (FTD), or spinocerebellar ataxia type 36 (SCA36), or ot...