US Patent Issued to Washington University on April 15 for "Polybasic antimalarial agents and methods of use thereof" (Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,731, issued on April 15, was assigned to Washington University (St. Louis).

"Polybasic antimalarial agents and methods of use thereof" was invented by Sergej Djuranovic (St. Louis), Slavica Pavlovic Djuranovic (St. Louis) and Jessey Lee Erath (St. Louis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Among the various aspects of the present disclosure is the provision of methods of suppressing Plasmodium parasite growth or infectivity or treating malaria comprising administering a polybasic antimalarial agent. The polybasic peptides and polymers provided can be used for the treatment of Plasmodium falciparum and other plasmodium species that cause hum...