US Patent Issued to UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION on July 29 for "Attenuated salmonella synthesizing antigens for vaccinating against helicobacter pylori" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,248, issued on July 29, was assigned to UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION Inc. (Gainesville, Fla.).

"Attenuated salmonella synthesizing antigens for vaccinating against helicobacter pylori" was invented by Roy Curtiss (Gainesville, Fla.) and Amir Ghasemi (Boca Raton, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Helicobacter pylori is a leading cause of gastric mucosal inflammation, peptic ulcers, and gastric adenocarcinoma. Emerging antimicrobial-resistant H. pylori has hampered the successful eradication of frequent chronic infections. Additionally, due to the absence of effective vaccines against H. pylori, a safe vaccine is highly ...