09.07.23
US Patent No. 11,744,790 B2 (X. Z. Shawn Xu, Jianfeng Liu); The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, has patented a method of protecting skin against UVA and/or UVB light. It entails contacting the skin with a composition that contains a LITE-1 polypeptide comprising the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, and least one carrier.