US Patent Issued to The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania on Sept. 23 for "Vaccines against Zika virus" (Pennsylvania, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,945, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (Philadelphia) and The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia).

"Vaccines against Zika virus" was invented by David Weiner (Merion, Pa.) and Kar Muthumani (Cherry Hill, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aspect of the present invention is related to nucleic acid constructs capable of expressing a Zika antigen that elicits an immune response in a mammal against Zika virus, and methods of use thereof. Additionally, there are DNA plasmid vaccines capable of generating in a mammal an immune response against a Zika virus, comprising...