US Patent Issued to The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University on Feb. 3 for "Inhibitors of phospholipid synthesis and methods of use" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,115, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, Calif.).

"Inhibitors of phospholipid synthesis and methods of use" was invented by Arvin Gouw (San Francisco), Steven R. Schow (Redwood City, Calif.), Robert J. Greenhouse (Newark, Calif.), Toni Kline (San Francisco) and Dean W. Felsher (San Mateo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Inhibitors of Glycerol 3-Phosphate Acyltransferase (GPAT) are provided; and methods of use in the treatment of cancer; and treatment of conditions relating to metabolic syndrome, hyperlipidemia, infection and inflammation."

The patent was fi...