US Patent Issued to IUCF-HYU (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY) on March 17 for "Cell penetrating peptides and uses thereof" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,162, issued on March 17, was assigned to IUCF-HYU (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY) (Seoul, South Korea).

"Cell penetrating peptides and uses thereof" was invented by Je-Min Choi (Seoul, South Korea) and Ja-Hyun Koo (Cheonan-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel cytokine-derived cell penetrating peptide and use thereof are provided. The cell penetrating peptide has the ability to effectively deliver a biologically active substance into phagocytes, particularly macrophages, both in vitro and in vivo. The cell penetrating peptide can deliver a biologically active substance into macrophage...