US Patent Issued to California Institute of Technology, YEDA RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CO LTD. AT THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE on Sept. 30 for "Pyocyanine demethylases and related phenazine degrading agents compositions, methods and systems for interfering with viability of bacteria" (Israeli, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,188, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, Calif.) and YEDA RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CO LTD. AT THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE (Rehovot, Israel).

"Pyocyanine demethylases and related phenazine degrading agents compositions, methods and systems for interfering with viability of bacteria" was invented by Dianne K Newman (Pasadena, Calif.), Chelsey M VanDrisse (Pasadena, Calif.), Rosalie Lipsh-Sokolik (Rehovot, Israel), Olga Khersonsky (Rehovot, Israel) and Sarel J Fleishman (Rehovot, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are engineered pyocyanin demethylases having replaceme...