US Patent Issued to University of Florida Research Foundation on April 15 for "Recombinant adeno-associated viruses encoding serpin peptides and uses thereof" (Arizona, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,757, issued on April 15, was assigned to University of Florida Research Foundation Inc. (Gainesville, Fla.).

"Recombinant adeno-associated viruses encoding serpin peptides and uses thereof" was invented by Alexandra Rose Lucas (Tempe, Ariz.), Alfred S. Lewin (Gainesville, Fla.) and Cristhian J. Ildefonso (Gainesville, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some aspects, the disclosure relates to compositions and methods that are useful for treating inflammatory disorders and conditions. In some embodiments, the disclosure provides recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) vectors and particles encoding a transgene that expresses a Myx...