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The team has applied for a patent for their invention as a way to minimize catalytic deactivation.

"I always had a new Whitsuntide bonnet and patent shoes and little white socks," she recalled in 2006.

The team filed a patent on their formula and, in 2019, presented their project to potential investors during a side meeting at the UN General Assembly in New York.

The team has already secured a patent for the developed drug leads and is now actively seeking investors and industrial partners to advance the drug leads towards the clinic.

The University of Freiburg has applied for a patent for this development.