US Patent Issued to Cornell University on July 15 for "Prevention and treatment of organ fibrosis" (New York Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,628, issued on July 15, was assigned to Cornell University (Ithaca, N.Y.).

"Prevention and treatment of organ fibrosis" was invented by Randi Silver (Ithaca, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure provides a method of treating fibrosis of an organ comprising administering a c-P4H inhibitor to a patient suffering from fibrosis in an organ, to counteract pathological fibrosis. c-P4H inhibitors can be administered via various routes, including in an aerosolized state using a nebulizer, intravenous, intraperitoneal or subcutaneous injection."

The patent was filed on Jan. 9, 2019, under Application No. 16/961,066.

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