US Patent Issued to Spacecraft Seven on Aug. 5 for "Gene therapy for CNS degeneration" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,576, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Spacecraft Seven LLC (Cranbury, N.J.).

"Gene therapy for CNS degeneration" was invented by Annahita Keravala (New York), Paven Battiprolu (New York), Raj Prabhakar (New York), Roderick Wong (New York), Piratip Pratumsuwan (New York) and Naveen Yalamanchi (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates generally to compositions and methods for treating, preventing, inhibiting, or delaying central nervous system degeneration. The disclosure relates to a recombinant gene therapy vector comprising a PARK2, PINK1, DJ-1, LRRK2, SCNA, c-Rel, ATG7, VMAT2, or GBA gene, or functiona...