US Patent Issued to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center on Jan. 20 for "Recombinant adenoviruses and use thereof" (Massachusetts, Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. RE50,753, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc. (Boston).

"Recombinant adenoviruses and use thereof" was invented by Dan H. Barouch (Newton, Mass.), Herbert Virgin IV (St. Louis) and Peter Abbink (Winthrop, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to recombinant adenoviruses and vectors thereof. In particular, the adenoviruses are novel simian adenoviruses having a low seroprevalence and high immunogenicity relative to other adenoviruses and vectors thereof. The invention also provides methods for production of the adenoviruses and for the treatment of diseases by administerin...