ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,457, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Arbor Biotechnologies Inc. (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Compositions comprising a CAS12I polypeptide and uses thereof" was invented by Noah Michael Jakimo (Cambridge, Mass.), Pratyusha Hunnewell (Needham, Mass.), Brendan Jay Hilbert (Natick, Mass.) and David A. Scott (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to compositions comprising a Cas12i polypeptide, a deaminase polypeptide, and an RNA guide, processes for characterizing the compositions, cells comprising the compositions, Cas12i fusion proteins, Cas12i complexes, and methods of using the compositions."

The pa...