US Patent Issued to University of Massachusetts, The Clinic for Special Children on Feb. 17 for "GM3 synthase vectors and uses thereof" (Massachusetts, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,036, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to University of Massachusetts (Westborough, Mass.) and The Clinic for Special Children Inc. (Strasburg, Pa.).

"GM3 synthase vectors and uses thereof" was invented by Guangping Gao (Worcester, Mass.), Huiya Yang (Worcester, Mass.), Kevin A. Strauss (Strasburg, Pa.) and Dan Wang (Worcester, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the disclosure relate to compositions and methods for expressing one or more Ganglioside GM3 synthase (GM3S) isoforms in a cell or subject. In some aspects, the disclosure relates to methods for treating GM3 synthase deficiency in a subject in need thereof."

The p...