ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,776, issued on June 17, was assigned to NEUVIVO INC. (Palo Alto, Calif.) and The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Treatment methods for ALS patients" was invented by Arasteh Azhir (Los Altos, Calif.), Michael S. McGrath (Meadow Vista, Calif.), Bruce D. Forrest (Nyack, N.Y.) and Leah Price (Karmiel, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are methods and compositions for the treatment of ALS using chlorite or a pharmaceutical composition comprising sodium chlorite, for a target ALS patient population. Also provided herein are methods for identifying a target ALS patient population likely to be ...