ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,874, issued on July 14, was assigned to PEKING UNIVERSITY (Beijing).

"Electrical conductors and methods of conducting ions using calsequestrin proteins" was invented by Shiqiang Wang (Beijing) and Xuexin Fan (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An in vitro electrical conductor is provided. The in vitro electrical conductor may include a plurality of Calsequestrin (CSQ) protein molecules. The CSQ protein molecules may be connected to form a tendril, a network structure, or a biological tunnel structure. An electrical device including the in vitro electrical conductor is provided. An ionic transistor including the in vitro electrica...