US Patent Issued to Georgetown University on Oct. 21 for "Compositions and methods for treating inflammatory neurological disorders" (Maryland, Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,145, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Georgetown University (Washington).

"Compositions and methods for treating inflammatory neurological disorders" was invented by Jeffrey Huang (Bethesda, Md.) and Maryna Baydyuk (Springfield, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application is directed to methods and compositions for treating a condition marked by enhanced inflammation in the central nervous system (CNS). The methods comprise administering to a subject in need of treatment of enhanced inflammation in the CNS an inhibitor of an amino acid transporter in inflammatory cells present in the CNS. The compositions of the pres...