US Patent Issued to The Broad Institute, Yale University, The General Hospital, The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services on July 29 for "Methods for treating infections" (Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,435, issued on July 29, was assigned to The Broad Institute Inc. (Cambridge, Mass.), Yale University (New Haven, Conn.), The General Hospital Corp. (Boston) and The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Bethesda, Md.).

"Methods for treating infections" was invented by Pradeep Natarajan (Boston), Giulio Genovese (Cambridge, Mass.), Seyedeh Maryam Zekavat (New Haven, Conn.), Mitchell J. Machiela (Bethesda, Md.) and Shu-Hong Lin (Bethesda, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention features methods that are useful for treatment of a patient at increased risk for infecti...