US Patent Issued to Northwestern University, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas on Nov. 3 for "Compositions and methods for treating Alzheimer's disease" (Brazilian, Argentinean, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,996, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.), Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (Buenos Aires, Argentina) and Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).

"Compositions and methods for treating Alzheimer's disease" was invented by William L. Klein (Winnetka, Ill.), Diana Jerusalinsky (Buenos Aires, Argentina), Sergio T. Ferreira (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Maria Clara Selles (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and Adriano S. Sebollela (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are antibodies against amyloid-beta (ABeta) oligomers, and method...