US Patent Issued to The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology on March 3 for "Epstein-BARR virus nucleic acid constructs and vaccines made therefrom, and methods of using same" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,628, issued on March 3, was assigned to The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (Philadelphia).

"Epstein-BARR virus nucleic acid constructs and vaccines made therefrom, and methods of using same" was invented by David Weiner (Merion, Pa.) and Alfredo Perales Puchalt (Philadelphia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Nucleic acid molecules and compositions comprising one or more nucleotide sequences that encode a consensus Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) antigen. Immunomodulatory methods and methods of inducing an immune response against EBV are disclosed. Method of treating infection by EBV and methods of treating or preventing a disease or d...