ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,873, issued on June 16, was assigned to HUMANITAS MIRASOLE S.P.A. (Milan) and HUMANITAS UNIVERSITY (Milan).
"Peptide antigens and uses thereof" was invented by Marinos Kallikourdis (Milan), Elisa Martini (Saronno, Italy) and Gianluigi Condorelli (Milan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a new method for identifying peptide antigens relevant to a non-autoimmune disease involving T cell activation as well as novel peptides identified therefrom. The isolated peptides of the invention are useful in the diagnosis, prevention and/or treatment of a cardiovascular disease, more specifically heart failure (HF). The inventio...