ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,427, issued on June 3, was assigned to Sangamo Therapeutics Inc. (Richmond, Calif.).

"Methods and compositions for modulation of tau proteins" was invented by Brigit E. Riley (Richmond, Calif.) and Bryan Zeitler (Richmond, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is in the field of diagnostics and therapeutics for Alzheimer's Disease."

The patent was filed on Oct. 2, 2019, under Application No. 16/591,392.

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