# Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute — Patents explained on PatentBrief

Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute has 1 landmark patent explained in plain English on PatentBrief.

- [Isolating Microbial Proteins That Regulate Cellular Protein Stability](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/7750134/imbruvica-ibrutinib) — granted 2010
  This patent identifies specific genetic sequences from microbes that produce proteins capable of modifying SUMO, a key molecule that controls how other proteins behave inside cells.

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