US Patent Issued to Vanderbilt University on March 24 for "Polypeptides for restoring endothelial function and methods of use thereof" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,895, issued on March 24, was assigned to Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tenn.).

"Polypeptides for restoring endothelial function and methods of use thereof" was invented by Joyce Cheung-Flynn (Nashville, Tenn.) and Colleen M. Brophy (Nashville, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides novel cell permeant polypeptides and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods for using such polypeptides and pharmaceutical compositions for various therapeutic uses. The present disclosure more specifically provides polypeptides for restoring endothelial function."

The patent was filed on Feb. 12, 2020, under A...