US Patent Issued to FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY RESEARCH, UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION on Aug. 5 for "Cyclic peptides and cyclic peptide conjugates for treating neurological disorders" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,285, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY RESEARCH Corp. (Boca Raton, Fla.) and UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION Inc. (Gainesville, Fla.).

"Cyclic peptides and cyclic peptide conjugates for treating neurological disorders" was invented by Predrag Cudic (Boca Raton, Fla.) and Jay McLaughlin (Gainesville, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Novel cyclic peptides, cyclic peptide conjugates and compositions containing them for treating neurological diseases in a subject include an Odorranalectin (OL) sequence or modified OL sequence as a scaffold and a biologically active peptide or protein and/or therape...