ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,115, issued on July 7, was assigned to ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Nucleic acid-peptide-nucleic acid conjugate molecules and methods of making the same" was invented by Nicholas Stephanopoulos (Scottsdale, Ariz.) and Tara MacCulloch (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to nucleic acid-peptide-nucleic acid conjugate molecules and to methods for synthesizing nucleic acid-peptide-nucleic acid conjugate molecules. In some embodiments, a method for synthesizing a nucleic acid-peptide-nucleic acid conjugate molecule using proximity-enhanced ...