US Patent Issued to University of Massachusetts on Jan. 13 for "AAV treatment of Huntington's disease" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,824, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to University of Massachusetts (Westborough, Mass.).

"AAV treatment of Huntington's disease" was invented by Christian Mueller (Worcester, Mass.), Neil Aronin (Worcester, Mass.) and Edith L. Pfister (Worcester, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the disclosure relate to compositions and methods useful for treating Huntington's disease. In some embodiments, the disclosure provides interfering nucleic acids (e.g., artificial miRNAs) targeting the huntingtin gene (HTT) and methods of treating Huntington's disease using the same."

The patent was filed on Aug. 17, 2023, under Application ...