ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,424, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to ILC Therapeutics LTD (Lanarkshire, Great Britain).

"Compositions and methods relating to the treatment of diseases" was invented by William Stimson (Glasgow, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to compositions and methods for promoting the induction of a cell-mediated immune response (such as that mediated by Th1 cells) and the suppression of a humoral or allergic immune response (such as that mediated by Th2 and Th17 cells). In particular, the invention relates to compositions and methods for preventing or treating allergy, such as food allergy, and assoc...