ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,113, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to DSM Nutritional Products LLC (Parsippany, N.J.).

"Glycan therapeutic compositions and related methods thereof" was invented by Geoffrey A. von Maltzahn (Boston), Yvonne J. Yamanaka (Cambridge, Mass.), Jared Silverman (Brookline, Mass.), John Miles Milwid (Cambridge, Mass.), Jacob Rosenblum Rubens (Cambridge, Mass.) and John M. Geremia (Watertown, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Preparations of glycan therapeutics, pharmaceutical compositions, dietary supplements and medical foods thereof are provided, and methods of using said gycan therapeutics, e.g. in cancer therapy."

The patent was file...