ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,902, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to YEDA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Co. LTD. (Rehovot, Israel).
"Anti-viral and anti-tumoral compounds" was invented by Rotem Sorek (Rehovot, Israel), Aude Bernheim (Rehovot, Israel) and Adl Jenny Millman Dayan (Rehovot, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are prokaryotic homologs of viperin (pVips), and nucleotide and nucleoside analogs produced from pVips. These nucleotide and nucleoside analogs stop nucleotide chain synthesis and provide host cells with resistance to viral infections by targeting actively replicating viral genome. Further, these nucleotide and nucleoside analo...