ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,600, issued on May 6, was assigned to SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY (Suzhou, China).

"Three-dimensional spherical alpha-helix cationic polypeptide having high-efficiency gene delivery capability, and preparation method and application thereof" was invented by Lichen Yin (Suzhou, China), Huan Ye (Suzhou, China) and Rongying Zhu (Suzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A three-dimensional star-shaped Alpha-helix polypeptide having a high-efficiency gene delivery capability, and a preparation method and an application thereof. A dendrimer is used as an initiator and dichloromethane is used as a reaction solvent to initiate high-speed ring-ope...