US Patent Issued to Purdue Research Foundation on Nov. 3 for "Bioactive peptide molecules discovered by a combination of bioinformatics technique and chemical synthesis" (West Virginia, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,214, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Ind.).

"Bioactive peptide molecules discovered by a combination of bioinformatics technique and chemical synthesis" was invented by Elizabeth I. Parkinson (West Lafayette, Ind.) and Matthew A. Hostetler (Huntington, W.va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure teaches a method of treating a patient in need of therapeutic intervention with bioactive cyclic peptide molecules which are useful as antimicrobials, anticancer agents, antiparasitic, immunosuppressants, and others."

The patent was filed on Nov. 30, 2023, under Application No. 18/...