# University of Saskatchewan — Patents explained on PatentBrief

University of Saskatchewan has 1 landmark patent explained in plain English on PatentBrief.

- [How Vaccines Protect Pigs from Respiratory Bacteria](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/5876725/synagis-palivizumab) — granted 1999
  A 1999 patent describing a vaccine for swine that uses specific bacterial proteins to trigger an immune response against the lung disease caused by Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae.

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