ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,854, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to UNIVERSITE GRENOBLE ALPES (Saint Martin d'Heres, France) and INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE (Paris).

"Peptide useful for the transport of molecules through cell barriers" was invented by Charlotte Lombardi (Rochefort Samson, France), Marcelle Moulin (Annecy, France) and Catherine Ghezzi (Grenoble, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A new peptide and its use as a vector for the transport of molecules after conjugation through cellular barriers for the diagnosis, prognosis or treatment of pathologies of the central nervous system (CNS)."

The patent was filed on Apri...