US Patent Issued to University of Georgia Research Foundation on Feb. 24 for "Antibodies that bind human metapneumovirus fusion protein and their use" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,544, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc. (Athens, Ga.).

"Antibodies that bind human metapneumovirus fusion protein and their use" was invented by Jarrod Mousa (Athens, Ga.), Ralph A. Tripp (Watkinsville, Ga.) and Jiachen Huang (Athens, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Antibodies and antigen binding fragments that specifically bind to human metapneumovirus (hMPV) F protein and neutralize hMPV are disclosed. Nucleic acids encoding these antibodies, vectors and host cells are also provided. The disclosed antibodies, antigen binding fragments, nucleic acids and vectors can be used, for exam...