ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,742, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Shanghai) and ShanghaiTech University (Shanghai).

"Compound for regulating gene editing efficiency and application thereof" was invented by Jia Liu (Shanghai) and Jiajia Dong (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compound for improving the gene editing specificity and application thereof. Specifically disclosed is a compound represented by formula I or a use of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compound and the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof are used for preparing an inhibitor, a composition, or a...