US Patent Issued to The Johns Hopkins University on Sept. 8 for "Modulating SYNGAP" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,378, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore).

"Modulating SYNGAP" was invented by Richard Huganir (Baltimore), Ingie Hong (Baltimore) and Yoichi Araki (Baltimore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are methods and compositions for treating a neurodevelopmental disorder in a subject in need thereof. In some aspects, the method includes administering an effective amount of an agent, wherein administering the agent modulates expression of one or more isoforms of synaptic GTPase-activating protein (SynGAP)."

The patent was filed on March 17, 2023, under Application No. 18/185,743.

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