ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,671, issued on Aug. 18.

"Nanometric pharmaceutical composition in the form of liposomes or nanoemulsion containing specific sequences of interference RNA" was invented by Elizandra Braganhol (Porto Alegre, Brazil), Ana Maria Oliveira Battastini (Porto Alegre, Brazil), Helder Teixeira (Porto Alegre, Brazil), Marco Antonio Stefani (Porto Alegre, Brazil), Fernanda Bruxel (Uruguaiana, Brazil), Roselia Maria Spanevello (Pelotas, Brazil), Fernanda Cardoso Teixeira (Pelotas, Brazil) and Juliana Hofstatter Azambuja (Porto Alegre, Brazil).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nanometric pharmaceutical composition in the form of liposomes or a nanoe...