Karo Bio receives patent on estrogen receptor complex
KARO BIO RECEIVES PATENT ON ESTROGEN RECEPTOR COMPLEX Karo Bio today announced that the Company has received patent protection for three-dimensional structures of the estrogen receptor beta. Estrogen acts by binding to its receptor in cells of target tissues. The receptor is a protein with hundreds of amino acids and contains thousands of atoms with a specific three-dimensional arrangement (3D). Female sex hormones and pharmaceutical compounds function by affecting the 3D structure of the receptor. Knowledge about the 3D structure is therefore of great importance for design of new