US Patent Issued to MASONIC MEDICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY on Aug. 12 for "Vgll4 with Ucp-1 cis-regulatory element and method of use thereof" (New York Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,823, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to MASONIC MEDICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY (Utica, N.Y.).

"Vgll4 with Ucp-1 cis-regulatory element and method of use thereof" was invented by Zhiqiang Lin (Utica, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a polynucleotide, including a cis-regulatory element and a nucleotide sequence encoding a vestigial like 4 protein, wherein the cis-regulatory element includes an uncoupling protein 1 enhancer and an uncoupling protein 1 promoter. Also provided is a viral vector including said polynucleotide. Also provided is a method of transfecting a cell or a subject with said polynucleotide or said viral ve...