US Patent Issued to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation on Aug. 18 for "KIR 7.1 gene therapy vectors and methods of using the same" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,709,760, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wis.).

"KIR 7.1 gene therapy vectors and methods of using the same" was invented by Bikash Pattnaik (Middleton, Wis.) and Pawan Shahi (Madison, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to gene therapy constructs and pharmaceutical compositions for the expression of Kir7.1. The gene therapy constructs include a vector comprising a promoter operably connected to a polynucleotide encoding a Kir7.1 polypeptide. Methods of treating a subject having a condition associated with insufficient expression or function of a Kir7.1 p...