ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,445, issued on June 3, was assigned to SNIPR TECHNOLOGIES Ltd. (Peterborough, Great Britain).

"Selectively altering microbiota for immune modulation" was invented by Jasper Clube (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to methods of modulating immune cells in a patient by altering microbiota of the patient. The invention also relates to methods of modulating treatments or therapies in a subject organism by altering microbiota of the subject. The invention also relates to cell populations, systems, arrays, cells, RNA, kits and other means for effecting this. In an example, advantageously selective targeting of a pa...