ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,285, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Cellarity Inc. (Somerville, Mass.).

"DCN-1 modulating compounds and methods of use thereof" was invented by Robert Brian Nicewonger (Tyngsboro, Mass.), Mauricio Cortes (Wellesley, Mass.), Colin Diner (Somerville, Mass.), Ragy Haddad (Cambridge, Mass.), Sriram Krishnamoorthy (Acton, Mass.), Na Li (Winchester, Mass.), Frank Lovering (Acton, Mass.), Kristen Marino (Stoneham, Mass.), Samuel Miller (Cambridge, Mass.), Qing Tang (Boxborough, Mass.), Atli Thorarensen (Stow, Mass.), Ravi Ujjinamatada (Lexington, Mass.) and David Zhang (West Roxbury, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disc...