US Patent Issued to University of Saskatchewan on July 29 for "Synthetic, non-natural antimicrobial peptides inspired by Staphylococcus auricularis delta toxin" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,235, issued on July 29, was assigned to University of Saskatchewan (Saskatoon, Canada).

"Synthetic, non-natural antimicrobial peptides inspired by Staphylococcus auricularis delta toxin" was invented by Deeyagahage Hiruni Kathyana (Saskatoon, Canada) and Antonio Ruzzini (Saskatoon, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are Staphylococcal toxins inspired peptides (STIPs) with antimicrobial activity, compositions and kits comprising the peptides, and use of the peptides to treat microbial infections. Also described are methods of inhibiting or preventing the growth of a microorganism, and methods of treating microbial ...