ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,232, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, Calif.).

"Methods to treat viral infections" was invented by Jeffrey S. Glenn (Stanford, Calif.), Edward A. Pham (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Anming Xiong (Redwood City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and compositions are provided for reducing virus titer and eliminating virus-infected cells from an individual."

The patent was filed on June 9, 2020, under Application No. 17/617,267.

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