US Patent Issued to Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona on June 9 for "Oxytocin analogues and methods for using the same" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,765, issued on June 9, was assigned to Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona (Tucson, Ariz.).

"Oxytocin analogues and methods for using the same" was invented by Robin L. Polt (Tucson, Ariz.), Lajos Z. Szabo (Tucson, Ariz.), John M. Streicher (Tucson, Ariz.) and Parthasaradhireddy Tanguturi (Tucson, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides cyclic oligopeptides and methods for using the same. The cyclic oligopeptides of the invention are analogues of oxytocin wherein the disulfide linkage between Cys1 and Cys2 are replaced with a more stable amide bond. The cyclic oligopeptides of th...