US Patent Issued to Samer Al-Murrani, Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska on June 9 for "Anti-parasitic immunological compositions" (Kansas, Nebraska Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,648,993, issued on June 9, was assigned to Samer Al-Murrani (Topeka, Kan.) and Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska (Lincoln, Neb.).

"Anti-parasitic immunological compositions" was invented by Paul Davis (Omaha, Neb.) and Samer Al-Murrani (Topeka, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Anti-parasitic compounds and uses thereof. Compounds comprising a C-terminal peptide adjuvant conjugated to an N-terminal peptide antigen via a protease-cleavable linker, said peptide adjuvant comprising a peptide analog of C5a, wherein said peptide antigen comprises an antigenic epitope of a parasitic organism, such as T. gondii. Methods of therapeu...