US Patent Issued to Duke University on Dec. 9 for "Vaccine compositions and methods for the treatment and prevention of urinary tract infections" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,237, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Duke University (Durham, N.C.).

"Vaccine compositions and methods for the treatment and prevention of urinary tract infections" was invented by Soman Abraham (Durham, N.C.) and Jianxuan Wu (Durham, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are vaccine compositions for the treatment and prevention of urinary tract infections (UT!s) and methods for delivery of the vaccine compositions. Moreover, the disclosure provides adjuvant compositions for vaccines to modulate cellular responses, such as an immune response."

The patent was filed on Feb. 16, 2022, under Application No. 18/277,150. ...