US Patent Issued to Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital on Oct. 28 for "Prebiotic formulations for prevention of sepsis and necroenterocolitis induced neurodevelopmental deficiencies" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,747, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital (Columbus, Ohio).

"Prebiotic formulations for prevention of sepsis and necroenterocolitis induced neurodevelopmental deficiencies" was invented by Gail E. Besner (Columbus, Ohio), Michael Bailey (Columbus, Ohio) and Steven Goodman (Columbus, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are methods and probiotic compositions for treating or preventing a disease or neurodevelopmental deficiency in a subject in need thereof using the compositions. Aspects and embodiments of this technology combine the health benefits of probiotic bacteria...