US Patent Issued to RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL on March 4 for "Peptides and antibodies for the removal of biofilms" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,763, issued on March 4, was assigned to RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL (Columbus, Ohio).

"Peptides and antibodies for the removal of biofilms" was invented by Lauren O. Bakaletz (Hilliard, Ohio) and Steven D. Goodman (Hilliard, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure provides isolated or recombinant polypeptides that are useful to vaccinate individuals suffering from chronic/recurrent biofilm disease or as a therapeutic for those with an existing infection. The individual's immune system will then naturally generate antibodies which prevent or clear these bacteria from the host by interfering with th...