US Patent Issued to University of Iowa Research Foundation on Aug. 11 for "Compositions and methods for the treatment of cystic fibrosis" (Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,726, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa).

"Compositions and methods for the treatment of cystic fibrosis" was invented by Paul B. McCray Jr. (Iowa City, Iowa), Patrick Sinn (Iowa City, Iowa) and Laura Marquez Loza (Iowa City, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are polynucleotides, lentiviral vectors, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of making and using the same, e.g., for treatment of cystic fibrosis (CF)."

The patent was filed on April 27, 2021, under Application No. 17/921,510.

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