US Patent Issued to Vrije Universiteit Brussel, VIB VZW, Universiteit Gent on Sept. 23 for "Muscle-specific nucleic acid regulatory elements and methods and use thereof" (Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,972, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Brussels), VIB VZW (Ghent, Belgium) and Universiteit Gent (Ghent, Belgium).

"Muscle-specific nucleic acid regulatory elements and methods and use thereof" was invented by Thierry Vandendriessche (Bierbeek, Belgium), Marinee Chuah (Bierbeek, Belgium) and Pieter De Bleser (Buggenhout, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to nucleic acid regulatory elements that are able to enhance muscle-specific expression of genes, in particular expression in cardiac muscle and/or skeletal muscle, methods employing these regulatory elements and uses ...