US Patent Issued to ALMA MATTER STUDIORUM UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA on April 21 for "Herpesvirus with modified glycoprotein H for propagation in a cell" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,801, issued on April 21, was assigned to ALMA MATTER STUDIORUM UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA (Bologna, Italy).

"Herpesvirus with modified glycoprotein H for propagation in a cell" was invented by Alfredo Nicosia (Neapel, Italy) and Maria Gabriella Campadelli (Bologna, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to a recombinant herpesvirus which comprises the GCN4 yeast transcription factor or a part thereof fused to or inserted into glycoprotein H and is capable of binding to a target molecule present on a cell for propagation and production of the herpesvirus. The herpesvirus may comprise additional modification...