US Patent Issued to SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION on Sept. 22 for "Method for producing genetically edited birds having resistance to avian influenza viruses" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,180, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method for producing genetically edited birds having resistance to avian influenza viruses" was invented by Jae Yong Han (Seoul, South Korea), Young Hyun Park (Seoul, South Korea), Jeong Yong Suh (Seoul, South Korea) and Jeong Mook Lim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a method of producing a genome-edited bird having resistance to avian influenza viruses. A method according to an aspect may enable precise inhibition of interaction between virus proteins while maintaining the original function ...