US Patent Issued on March 25 for "Vaccine compositions having improved stability and immunogenicity" (Maryland, Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,297, issued on March 25.

"Vaccine compositions having improved stability and immunogenicity" was invented by Gale Smith (Germantown, Md.), Ye Liu (Clarksville, Md.), Jing-Hui Tian (Germantown, Md.), Michael J. Massare (Mt. Airy, Md.), Sarathi Boddapati (Germantown, Md.), Erica Shane (McLean, Va.), Cynthia Oliver (Potomac, Md.) and Gregory Glenn (Poolesville, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are nanoparticles suitable for use in vaccines. The nanoparticles present antigens from pathogens surrounded to and associated with a detergent core resulting in enhanced stability and good immunogenicity. Dosages, formulations...