US Patent Issued to THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG on Jan. 20 for "Treatment of an ocular infection, composition and methods thereof" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,814, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG (Hong Kong) and CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG (Hong Kong).

"Treatment of an ocular infection, composition and methods thereof" was invented by Lee Lee Teng (Hong Kong), Patrick Chiu Yat Woo (Hong Kong), Ying Tang (Hong Kong), Susanna Kar Pui Lau (Hong Kong), Man Lung Yeung (Hong Kong), Elaine Chan (Hong Kong) and Terrence Chi Kong Lau (Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a method to reduce virulence of Tsukamurella comprising decreasing the expression of the mycolyltransferase C ('tmytC") gene. Also disclosed is a pharmaceutical ...