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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2019
Applicant:
The University of Queensland, St Lucia, AU;
Inventors:
Assignee:
THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND, St Lucia, AU;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6809 (2018.01); C12Q 1/6886 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6809 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6886 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/154 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is an epigenetic biomarker that comprises clustered methylated genomic DNA which can self-assemble to form complexes that have distinct physicochemical properties relative to genomic DNA that lacks such clusters. Also disclosed are methods, systems, compositions and kits that takes advantage of these physicochemical properties for detecting clustered methylated genomic DNA including for determining likelihood of the presence of cancer.