US Patent Issued to Washington University, The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois on July 1 for "PDGF mutants and methods of use thereof" (Missouri, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,666, issued on July 1, was assigned to Washington University (St. Louis) and The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Ill.).

"PDGF mutants and methods of use thereof" was invented by Princess Imoukhuede (St. Louis) and Erik Procko (Urbana, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Isolated polypeptides having enhanced affinity for a PDGF receptor and/or a VEGF receptor are provided. Compositions comprising the polypeptides and methods of use thereof are also provided."

The patent was filed on June 9, 2022, under Application No. 17/836,684.

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