US Patent Issued to Emory University on June 3 for "Photolysis to unlock caged protein therapeutics" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,450, issued on June 3, was assigned to Emory University (Atlanta).

"Photolysis to unlock caged protein therapeutics" was invented by Erik Dreaden (Atlanta), Priscilla Do (Atlanta) and Lacey Anne Perdue (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to compositions and uses of caged proteins substituted with a photon decomposing chemical structure wherein the photon decomposing chemical structure is substituted through a linking group to a hydrophilic polymer. In certain embodiments, the caged protein is a proteinaceous agent such as an anticancer agent, cytokine, interleukin, fragment, or fusion thereof."

The patent ...