ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,278, issued on July 8.

"Therapy and prevention of prion protein complex infections in non-human animals" was invented by Joshua O. Atiba (Watsonville, Calif.) and Steven C. Sereboff (Santa Barbara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There are disclosed therapies and preventions of prion protein complex infections. The transcription of the amyloid precursor protein gene and PrP gene and the RNA transcript are the rate-limiting steps and are most susceptible for blockage and control of the process of amyloid protein formation and PrPsc formation. Thus, therapies and prevention regimes for prion protein complex infections interrupt th...