US Patent Issued to South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute on Dec. 9 for "Methods for producing proteins" (Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,232, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute Ltd. (Adelaide, Australia).

"Methods for producing proteins" was invented by Christopher Proud (Unley Park, Australia), Jianling Xie (Clarence Gardens, Australia) and Stuart De Poi (North Adelaide, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for producing proteins, cells for producing proteins, and methods for producing cells with improved protein production are provided. Methods of producing a selected protein, including expressing the selected protein in a cell expressing a Rheb (Ras homologue enriched in brain) protein having an activ...