US Patent Issued to Northwestern University on Nov. 3 for "KEAP1/NRF2 protein-like polymers" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,012, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.).

"KEAP1/NRF2 protein-like polymers" was invented by Nathan C. Gianneschi (Wilmette, Ill.) and Kendal Paige Carrow (Evanston, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an aspect, the invention provides therapeutic agents comprising brush polymers that address challenges associated with conventional administration of free therapeutic peptides. In an embodiment, for example, the invention provides brush polymers incorporating one or more therapeutic peptides comprising a sequence having 75% or greater sequence identity of SEQ ID NO: 1 (LDEETGEFL) as side chain m...