US Patent Issued to The Florida International University Board of Trustees on Nov. 11 for "Biotherapy for viral infections using biopolymer based micro/nanogels" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,576, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to The Florida International University Board of Trustees (Miami).

"Biotherapy for viral infections using biopolymer based micro/nanogels" was invented by Madhavan Nair (Coral Gables, Fla.), Andrea Raymond (Coconut Creek, Fla.) and Arti Vashist (Miami).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of treatment or prevention of HIV and other viral infection comprising the administration of a biopolymer-based hydrogel nanoparticles and/or microparticles. In preferred embodiments, the particles comprise chitosan, hydroxyethyl cellulose (HEC), and linseed oil polyol. These biopolymer-based hydrogel nanoparti...