US Patent Issued to The Johns Hopkins University on June 9 for "Compositions comprising annexin V and HPV tumor antigen fusion polypeptides and methods for making and use" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,767, issued on June 9, was assigned to The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore).

"Compositions comprising annexin V and HPV tumor antigen fusion polypeptides and methods for making and use" was invented by Tzyy-Choou Wu (Stevenson, Md.), Chien-Fu Hung (Timonium, Md.) and Tae Heung Kang (Baltimore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides synthetic polypeptides comprising an annexin V protein, or a functional portion or fragment or variant thereof, conjugated to a tumor antigen, or a functional portion or fragment or variant thereof. The invention further provides methods for making said synthetic polypeptides and t...