ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,830, issued on June 10.
"Methods of treatment for Candida auris infections" was invented by John E. Edwards Jr. (Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.), Shakti Singh (Carson, Calif.), Ashraf S. Ibrahim (Irvine, Calif.) and Priya Uppuluri (Torrance, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for treating and immunizing against C. auris infection and colonization. The compositions and methods include polypeptides and fragments derived from the C. albicans Als3 protein, homologs thereof, and antibodies or fragments thereof that specifically bind these polypeptides and fragments. Administration of these co...