US Patent Issued to Massachusetts Institute of Technology, President and Fellows of Harvard College on May 12 for "DNA-responsive hydrogels" (American, Spanish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,352, issued on May 12, was assigned to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Mass.) and President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Mass.).

"DNA-responsive hydrogels" was invented by James J. Collins (Newton, Mass.), Helena de Puig Guixe (Barcelona, Spain), Luis Ruben Soenksen Martinez (Boston), Max English (Cambridge, Mass.), Raphael Gayet (Cambridge, Mass.), Nicolaas Angenent-Mari (Somerville, Mass.), Angelo S. Mao (Somerville, Mass.) and Peter Q. Nguyen (Malden, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are hydrogels comprising a polynucleotide-based structural component. Methods of altering a prope...