US Patent Issued to Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center on March 31 for "Antimicrobial peptides with alpha-core helices" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,131, issued on March 31, was assigned to Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (Torrance, Calif.).

"Antimicrobial peptides with alpha-core helices" was invented by Nannette Y. Yount (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) and Michael R. Yeaman (Redondo Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Computational systems and methods are described for identifying new Alpha-helical antimicrobial peptides using a systemic consensus formula. Newly identified Alpha-helical antimicrobial peptides are tested experimentally and show potent microbiocidal activities."

The patent was filed on April 15, 2024, under App...