US Patent Issued to UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS on March 25 for "Oligonucleotides for PRNP modulation" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,566, issued on March 25, was assigned to UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS (Westborough, Mass.).

"Oligonucleotides for PRNP modulation" was invented by Anastasia Khvorova (Westborough, Mass.) and Zachary Kennedy (Worcester, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to novel PRNP targeting sequences. Novel PRNP targeting oligonucleotides for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases are also provided."

The patent was filed on Feb. 26, 2021, under Application No. 17/187,129.

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