US Patent Issued to Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, The Schepens Eye Research Institute on Sept. 15 for "Altering tissue tropism of adeno-associated viruses" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,725, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (Boston) and The Schepens Eye Research Institute Inc. (Boston).

"Altering tissue tropism of adeno-associated viruses" was invented by Luk H. Vandenberghe (Weston, Mass.), Pauline Schmit (Boston), Christopher Tipper (Cambridge, Mass.), Carmen Unzu (Boston) and Eric Zinn (Lynn, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure provides compositions and methods for altering or changing the tissue tropism, e.g., liver tropism, of adeno-associated viruses (AAV)."

The patent was filed on April 12, 2024, under Application No. 18/633,726.

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