US Patent Issued to Board of Trustees of Michigan State University on March 11 for "Irisin improves placental function during pregnancy" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,060, issued on March 11, was assigned to Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Mich.).

"Irisin improves placental function during pregnancy" was invented by Sascha Drewlo (Grand Rapids, Mich.), Hamid-Reza Kohan-Ghadr (Kentwood, Mich.) and Eugenia Johnson (East Lansing, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for treating or inhibiting the progression of placental insufficiency syndrome in a subject in need thereof is provided. The method includes administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a composition including irisin."

The patent was filed on March 13, 2020, under Application ...