US Patent Issued to University of Southern California on Dec. 30 for "MIR-145 micelles for mitigating atherosclerosis" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,322, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to University of Southern California (Los Angeles).

"MIR-145 micelles for mitigating atherosclerosis" was invented by Eun Ji Paige Chung Yoo (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.), Christopher Yan Hoi Poon (Carlsbad, Calif.) and Deborah Darong Chin (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drug delivery system includes a plurality of nanoparticles wherein each nanoparticle includes a targeting peptide conjugated thereto that targets atherosclerotic plaque and a therapeutic agent conjugated thereto for treating atherosclerotic plaque. Alternatively, a drug delivery system includes a plurality of micelle...