US Patent Issued to Duke University on April 14 for "Compositions and methods for circular RNA expression" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,987, issued on April 14, was assigned to Duke University (Durham, N.C.).

"Compositions and methods for circular RNA expression" was invented by Aravind Asokan (Durham, N.C.) and Rita Meganck (Durham, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides nucleic acid molecules encoding for at least two circular RNA (circRNAs), adeno-associated virus (AAV) particles including nucleic acid molecules encoding for at least two circRNAs, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods for delivering such to a subject."

The patent was filed on April 1, 2021, under Application No. 17/796,874.

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