ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,263,224, issued on April 1, was assigned to AVIDITY BIOSCIENCES INC. (San Diego).

"Compositions and methods of treating muscle atrophy and myotonic dystrophy" was invented by Andrew John Geall (Carlsbad, Calif.), Venkata Doppalapudi (San Diego), David Sai-Ho Chu (La Jolla, Calif.), Michael Caramian Cochran (La Jolla, Calif.), Michael Hood (San Diego), Beatrice Diana Darimont (San Diego), Rob Burke (Encinitas, Calif.), Yunyu Shi (San Diego), Gulin Erdogan Marelius (San Diego) and Barbora Malecova (La Jolla, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are polynucleic acid molecules, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods for t...