ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,134, issued on March 17, was assigned to ACADEMIA SINICA (Taipei City, Taiwan).
"Antiviral lectin and uses thereof" was invented by Che Ma (New Taipei City, Taiwan), Yo-Min Liu (Taipei City, Taiwan) and Jia-Tsrong Jan (Taipei City, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to antiviral lectin and uses thereof. Particularly, the present invention relates to a complex-type (CX-type) and/or hybrid-type (HY-type) glycan binding lectin for use in treating or preventing influenza virus infection. The present invention also provides a method for treating or preventing influenza virus infection by administrating to...