US Patent Issued to JINIS on May 6 for "Strain having ability to lower blood ammonia levels and composition comprising same for neuronal protection" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,540, issued on May 6, was assigned to JINIS Co. LTD (Jeollabuk-do, South Korea).

"Strain having ability to lower blood ammonia levels and composition comprising same for neuronal protection" was invented by Hyeon Jin Kim (Jeollabuk-do, South Korea), Sang Woo Kim (Iksan-si, South Korea) and Seong Tshool Hong (Jeonju-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Microorganisms for lowering blood ammonia level and composition for protecting neuronal cells containing the same, particularly relates to microbes or a symbiotic pair that has a neuroprotective function by lowering blood ammonia levels or reducing ammonia levels in the body a...