ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,869, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Ian Basil Shine (Swampscott, Mass.).

"Preventing and treating malaria" was invented by Ian Basil Shine (Swampscott, Mass.) and Thomas Adam Shine (Brookline, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of treating and preventing malaria infection, comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of cell permeability modulating therapy are provided herein. Among other things, the present disclosure provides parameters that define subjects who are relatively susceptible or resistant to malaria infection. The present disclosure also provides therapeutic strategies for increasing malarial ...