US Patent Issued to The Brigham and Women's Hospital on Dec. 9 for "Gene therapy for neurodegenerative disorders" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,267, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to The Brigham and Women's Hospital Inc. (Boston).

"Gene therapy for neurodegenerative disorders" was invented by Kimberley S. Gannon (Boston), Martin Goulet (Boston) and Neil R. Hackett (Boston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to nucleic acid expression cassettes for the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders. Methods of treating neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, frontotemporal dementia, frontotemporal lobar degeneration, Pick's disease, Lewy body dementia, memory loss, cognitive impairment, and mild cognitive impairment are also provided."

The patent ...