Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'Nucleobase Editor Systems And Methods Of Use Thereof' Filed by Peking University

MUMBAI, India, July 25 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517065880 A) filed by Peking University, Beijing, on July 10, for 'nucleobase editor systems and methods of use thereof.'

Inventor(s) include Wei, Wensheng; Yi, Zongyi; and Zhang, Xiaoxue.

The application for the patent was published on July 25, under issue no. 30/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Provided are systems for strand-specific editing of DNA, including mitochondrial DNA in humans. The systems provided herein comprise a single strand nickase and a deaminase each, or together, associated with a double-stranded DNA binding polypeptide such that DNA editing occurs in an editing region. Also provi...