US Patent Issued to The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services on Jan. 20 for "Stabilized group 2 influenza hemagglutinin stem region trimers and uses thereof" (American, Qatari Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,857, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Bethesda, Md.).

"Stabilized group 2 influenza hemagglutinin stem region trimers and uses thereof" was invented by Jeffrey C. Boyington (Clarksburg, Md.), Barney S. Graham (Smyrna, Ga.), John R. Mascola (Rockville, Md.), Hadi M. Yassine (Doha, Qatar), Kizzmekia S. Corbett (Wheaton, Md.), Syed M. Moin (Laurel, Md.), Lingshu Wang (North Potomac, Md.) and Masaru Kanekiyo (Chevy Chase, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Vaccines that elicit broadly protective anti-influenza antibodies. The vaccine...