US Patent Issued to University of Virginia Patent Foundation on Oct. 27 for "Compositions and methods for combating multidrug-resistant bacteria" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,312, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Va.).

"Compositions and methods for combating multidrug-resistant bacteria" was invented by Molly A. Hughes (Charlottesville, Va.), Matthew Crawford (Charlottesville, Va.) and Rachel Letteri (Charlottesville, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are peptides, modified peptides, fragments thereof, conjugates thereof, and polymers thereof that have antibacterial activity against bacterial that include but are not limited to multidrug-resistant bacteria. In some embodiments, the presently disclosed subject matter relates to peptides...