ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,699,103, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to YEDITEPE UNIVERSITESI (Istanbul).

"Biological markers in the diagnosis of endometriosis" was invented by Inci Kurt Celep (Istanbul), Dilek Telci Temeltas (Istanbul), Fikrettin Sahin (Istanbul), Melike Batukan (Istanbul) and Halime Siginc (Istanbul).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Combinations of the novel biological markers that can be used in the diagnosis of endometriosis are provided. The objective of the invention is to detect biological markers that are expressed differently in eMSCs isolated from endometrial biopsy samples in the diagnosis of endometriosis compared to healthy eMSCs. A tissue ...