US Patent Issued to Duke University on May 6 for "Tabletization of peptide self-assemblies and methods of making and using the same" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,603, issued on May 6, was assigned to Duke University (Durham, N.C.).

"Tabletization of peptide self-assemblies and methods of making and using the same" was invented by Joel Collier (Durham, N.C.) and Sean Kelly (Durham, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides, in part, peptide self-assemblies that are made into tablet form and methods of making and using the same. In some embodiments, the disclosure provides methods and formulations for a tabletized form of a vaccine, particularly a vaccine comprising self-assembling peptide-polymer nanofibers, an excipient and an adjuvant. Methods of making and using th...