US Patent Issued to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, EMORY UNIVERSITY on July 29 for "Variable lymphocyte receptors that target the blood brain barrier and methods of use" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,468, issued on July 29, was assigned to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wis.) and EMORY UNIVERSITY (Atlanta).

"Variable lymphocyte receptors that target the blood brain barrier and methods of use" was invented by Eric V. Shusta (Madison, Wis.), Jason M. Lajoie (Madison, Wis.) and Brantley R. Herrin (Madison, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides isolated polypeptides comprising variable lymphocyte receptors that specifically bind the blood brain barrier, compositions, and methods of use."

The patent was filed on Feb. 11, 2020, under Application No. 17/429,602.

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