US Patent Issued to UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS on Oct. 14 for "Methods for immunizing pre-immune subjects against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,552, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS (Westborough, Mass.).

"Methods for immunizing pre-immune subjects against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)" was invented by Trudy G Morrison (Northborough, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides methods for using virus-like particle (VLP) vaccines containing a stabilized pre-fusion respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) F protein to stimulate RSV neutralizing antibodies in pre-immune subjects. In one embodiment, the invention provides a method for immunizing a mammalian subject in need of immunizing against Respiratory Syncytial virus (RSV) infection...