US Patent Issued to The General Hospital on April 15 for "Methods for identifying and treating adrenomyeloneuropathy (AMN)" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,670, issued on April 15, was assigned to The General Hospital Corp. (Boston).

"Methods for identifying and treating adrenomyeloneuropathy (AMN)" was invented by Florian Eichler (Cambridge, Mass.) and Yi Gong (Malden, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein is a method of detecting adrenomyeloneuropathy (AMN) in a human male subject, said method comprising determining the level of MFGE8, C1qa, Trem2, Gas6 or any combination thereof, in a biological sample obtained from the spine of the subject, wherein said level or levels are increased compared to a reference level or levels, thereby detecting AMN in the subject. Also pro...