US Patent Issued to UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA, THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AS REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIR on March 17 for "Cyclophilin 40 for reduction of neurotoxic fibrils and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,140, issued on March 17, was assigned to UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA (Tampa, Fla.) and THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AS REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIR (Washington).

"Cyclophilin 40 for reduction of neurotoxic fibrils and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases" was invented by Chad Dickey (Lutz, Fla.) and Jeremy Dustin Baker (Tampa, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention concerns the use of peptidyl-prolyl isomerase cyclophilin 40 (CyP40) for reduction of neurotoxic fibrils and treatment and prevention of neurodegenerative diseases associated with amyloid fibril aggregation. Aspects of the inventi...