US Patent Issued to Emory University on Nov. 3 for "HIV immunogens, vaccines, and methods related thereto" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,026, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Emory University (Atlanta).

"HIV immunogens, vaccines, and methods related thereto" was invented by Rama Rao Amara (Atlanta), Sailaja Gangadhara (Atlanta), Anusmita Sahoo (Atlanta) and Tiffany Turner-Styles (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to HIV envelope proteins or envelope protein fragments, or trimeric complexes thereof which have uses in vaccination methods or therapeutic strategies. In certain embodiments, this disclosure relates to HIV envelope proteins or envelope protein fragments, or trimeric complexes thereof, comprising an arginine (R) at position 166, g...