ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,347, issued on April 7, was assigned to Duke University (Durham, N.C.).
"Nanoparticulate drug delivery systems" was invented by Parisa Yousefpour (Durham, N.C.) and Ashutosh Chilkoti (Durham, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are compositions that include an assembly of self-assembling conjugates. The self-assembling conjugates may include a polypeptide having a transition temperature (17) above 50deg C. when the polypeptide is not attached to the conjugate, an albumin binding domain (ABD) attached to a first end of the polypeptide, and at least one molecule attached to a second end of the polypeptide through a cys...