US Patent Issued to North Carolina State University on Feb. 17 for "Compositions and methods related to nucleic acid anticoagulants" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,054, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to North Carolina State University (Raleigh, N.C.).

"Compositions and methods related to nucleic acid anticoagulants" was invented by Thom LaBean (Raleigh, N.C.) and Abhichart Krissanaprasit (Raleigh, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides compositions and methods related to nucleic acid molecules having therapeutic aptamers. In particular, the present disclosure provides nucleic acids molecules comprising one or more aptamers having anticoagulant activity, as well as corresponding nucleic acid antidotes, for the modulation of blood coagulation in the context of diseas...