US Patent Issued to THE CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI on March 31 for "Peptide inhibitors for the inhibition of HIV capsid" (Swedish, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,125, issued on March 31, was assigned to THE CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI (Columbia, Mo.).

"Peptide inhibitors for the inhibition of HIV capsid" was invented by Ujjwal Neogi (Stockholm), Anders Sonnerborg (Stockholm), Kamlendra Singh (Columbia, Mo.), Thomas P. Quinn (Columbia, Mo.) and Fabio Gallazzi (Columbia, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provide for herein are cyclic or linear peptides that bind HIV-1 capsid protein and inhibit HIV-1 capsid from assembling and/or disassembling. Further provided are methods of making said peptides and pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating HIV infection."

The patent w...