US Patent Issued to University of Florida Research Foundation on March 17 for "Galectin-1/ galectin-3 chimeras and multivalent proteins" (Massachusetts, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,282, issued on March 17, was assigned to University of Florida Research Foundation Inc. (Gainesville, Fla.).

"Galectin-1/ galectin-3 chimeras and multivalent proteins" was invented by Gregory Allan Hudalla (Gainesville, Fla.) and Margaret Mary Fettis (Northborough, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are Galectin-1/Galectin-3 multivalent protein complexes and uses thereof. In some aspects, Galectin-1/Galectin-3 multivalent protein complexes are useful to treat inflammatory conditions in a subject."

The patent was filed on Feb. 28, 2020, under Application No. 17/434,616.

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