US Patent Issued to University of Virginia Patent Foundation on Sept. 15 for "Compositions and methods for preventing and treating virus infection" (Maryland, Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,234, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Va.).

"Compositions and methods for preventing and treating virus infection" was invented by Steven L. Zeichner (Bethesda, Md.), Barbie Ganser-Pornillos (Charlottesville, Va.) and Owen Pornillos (Charlottesville, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are bacteria-based HIV MPER vaccine candidates, as well as bacteria-based candidates for other viruses and for bacteria. The HIV vaccine candidates express MPER-derived antigens on their surfaces using Gram autotransporters. The surface-expressed MPER antigens bind several d...