ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,352, issued on Nov. 18.
"Pulse stable tracer methods for detection of short-chain fatty acids" was invented by Nicolaas E. Deutz (College Station, Texas), Marielle P. Engelen (College Station, Texas), Gabrielle A. Ten Have (Montgomery, Texas) and John J. Thaden (College Station, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are methods for determining a metabolic rate for at least one endogenous short-chain fatty acid in a subject, for diagnosing a pulmonary disease in a subject and for diagnosing a neurological disorder in a subject. Generally in the methods stable isotope labeled short-chain fatty acid are pulsed and metabol...