US Patent Issued to University of Florida Research Foundation on Aug. 5 for "Dual AAV-MYO7A vectors with improved safety for the treatment of USH1B" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,169, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to University of Florida Research Foundation Inc. (Gainesville, Fla.).

"Dual AAV-MYO7A vectors with improved safety for the treatment of USH1B" was invented by Shannon E. Boye (Gainesville, Fla.), Sanford L. Boye (Gainesville, Fla.), H. Lee Sweeney (Gainesville, Fla.) and Kaitlyn Calabro (Gainesville, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are compositions and methods for treating diseases of the mammalian eye, and in particular, complications of the retina associated with Usher syndrome IB (USH1B). Further disclosed are compositions and methods for treating diseases of the mammalian inner ea...