US Patent Issued to The University of Hong Kong on March 3 for "Nucleic acid mazzocchio and methods of making and use thereof" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,637, issued on March 3, was assigned to The University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong).

"Nucleic acid mazzocchio and methods of making and use thereof" was invented by Julian Alexander Tanner (Hong Kong) and Simon Chi-Chin Shiu (Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are compositions and methods involving nucleic acid nanostructures that can encapsulate cargo for use in, for example, therapeutic, diagnostic, and analytical applications. The nanostructures can have a plurality of interconnected subunits configured such that the nanostructures have a continuous torus-like structure with a closed three-dimensional cavity. Pre...