US Patent Issued to ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA UNIVERSITY on May 27 for "RNA-nanostructured double robots and methods of use thereof" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,589, issued on May 27, was assigned to ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA UNIVERSITY (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"RNA-nanostructured double robots and methods of use thereof" was invented by Yung Chang (Tempe, Ariz.), Hao Yan (Chandler, Ariz.), Xiaodong Qi (Tempe, Ariz.) and Fei Zhang (Chandler, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are immuno-stimulatory RNA nanostructures (which comprises a single-stranded RNA (ssRNA) molecule, wherein the ssRNA molecule forms at least one paranemic cohesion crossover), as well as compositions and methods of use thereof."

The patent was filed on Dec. 16, 2021, under Application...