US Patent Issued to New York Blood Center, Loyola University of Chicago on Jan. 13 for "Zika virus immunogenic compositions" (New York, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,429, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to New York Blood Center Inc. (Rye, N.Y.) and Loyola University of Chicago (Maywood, Ill.).

"Zika virus immunogenic compositions" was invented by Lanying Du (New York), Wanbo Tai (New York), Liang Qiao (Maywood, Ill.) and Frank Gambino (Maywood, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are immunogenic compositions for the prevention of Zika virus infections. Disclosed herein are immunogenic compositions comprising an expression vector and a nucleotide sequence disposed therein, wherein the nucleotide sequence comprises: a nucleotide sequence encoding a Zika virus NS3 protein. Further di...