US Patent Issued to TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY on Dec. 30 for "Nucleic acid carrier and method for administering nucleic acid" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,326, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY (Tokyo).

"Nucleic acid carrier and method for administering nucleic acid" was invented by Masahiko Kuroda (Tokyo), Masakatsu Takanashi (Tokyo), Shin-ichiro Ohno (Tokyo) and Tomohiro Umezu (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a novel carrier for introducing a nucleic acid such as a siRNA into a cell. The carrier for a nucleic acid of the present invention includes vesicles from a plant in the family Malpighiaceae, and preferably vesicles derived from acerola. A method for administering a nucleic acid according to the present invention includes forming a conj...