Monday, March 5, 2012

Sangamo BioSciences granted zinc finger DNA-binding protein patent.

Sangamo BioSciences, Inc. (Richmond, CA) has been granted a United States patent entitled "Regulation of Endogenous Gene Expression in Cells Using Zinc Finger Proteins." The patent includes claims covering the activation or repression of any endogenous gene in any cell type using zinc finger DNA-binding proteins. Similar patents have already issued in the United Kingdom and Australia and counterpart applications are pending worldwide.

"Our pioneering achievements in the regulation of endogenous genes with engineered zinc finger DNA-binding protein transcription factors (ZFP TFs) are the basis for this fundamental patent that covers the regulation of any gene, in any …

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