US Patent Issued to The Research Foundation for The State University of New York, The Regents of the University of California on April 14 for "Rage antibodies, fragments and uses thereof" (New York, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,778, issued on April 14, was assigned to The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (Amherst, N.Y.) and The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Rage antibodies, fragments and uses thereof" was invented by Ding Xu (East Amherst, N.Y.), Jeffrey Esko (La Jolla, Calif.) and Miaomiao Li (Tonawanda, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are antibodies specific for the heparan sulfate binding site of Receptor for Advanced Glycation Endproducts (RAGE). Also provided are methods for treating of conditions in which RAGE is involved comprising administration of the antibodies to an individual in...