US Patent Issued to THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN on March 31 for "Viral vectors comprising RDH12 coding regions and methods of treating retinal dystrophies" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,136, issued on March 31, was assigned to THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

"Viral vectors comprising RDH12 coding regions and methods of treating retinal dystrophies" was invented by Debra A. Thompson (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Robin R. Ali (London) and Alexander J. Smith (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are compositions useful for treating an ophthalmological condition due to one or more loss-of-function mutations in the gene encoding the Retinol Dehydrogenase 12 (RDH12) protein. Provided herein are nucleic acids encoding a human RDH12 and vectors comprising an expressible coding region for human...