US Patent Issued to Children's Hospital Medical Center on Sept. 9 for "Compositions and methods for treatment of lung function" (Kentucky, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,144, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Children's Hospital Medical Center (Cincinnati).

"Compositions and methods for treatment of lung function" was invented by Assem Ziady (Newport, Ky.), Rhonda Szczesniak (Burlington, Ky.), Emrah Gecili (Cincinnati) and Zackary Cleveland (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are methods for detecting protein expression in an individual diagnosed with cystic fibrosis. The methods, in certain aspects, include the steps of obtaining a sample from said individual and detecting expression in said sample of each protein of a protein set. The method may further include the step of...