US Patent Issued to WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THE BROAD INSTITUTE, PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE on April 14 for "Treatment of infections of toxoplasma gondii and closely related parasites" (Missouri, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,727, issued on April 14, was assigned to WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (St. Louis), THE BROAD INSTITUTE INC. (Cambridge, Mass.) and PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Treatment of infections of toxoplasma gondii and closely related parasites" was invented by L. David Sibley (St. Louis), Joshua Radke (St. Louis), Eamon Comer (Cambridge, Mass.), Marshall Morningstar (Cambridge, Mass.) and Bruno Melillo (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are compounds useful for the treatment of diseases caused by infections of T. gondii, and closely related parasites. These compounds, as well as pharmac...