US Patent Issued to UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPUBLICA, MINISTERIO DE DEFENSA NACIONAL-INSTITUTO ANTARTICO URUGUAYO on May 20 for "Genetically modified bacteria producing three DNA repair enzymes and method for the evaluation of DNA repair activity" (Uruguayan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,174, issued on May 20, was assigned to UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPUBLICA (Montevideo, Uruguay) and MINISTERIO DE DEFENSA NACIONAL-INSTITUTO ANTARTICO URUGUAYO (Montevideo, Uruguay).

"Genetically modified bacteria producing three DNA repair enzymes and method for the evaluation of DNA repair activity" was invented by Juan Jose Marizcurrena (Montevideo, Uruguay) and Susana Castro Sowinski (Montevideo, Uruguay).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Three recombinant E. coli strains produce the enzymes CPD-photolyase, 6,4-bifunctional photolyase and 6,4-photolyase, from bacterial Antarctic isolates of the genus Hymenobacter the first one and Sphingomo...