US Patent Issued to The Johns Hopkins University on Nov. 25 for "Lung cell treatments to prevent or treat disease" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,661, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore).

"Lung cell treatments to prevent or treat disease" was invented by Corrine Kliment (Baltimore), Douglas Robinson (Lutherville, Md.), Ramana Sidhaye (Clarksville, Md.) and Jennifer Nguyen (Baltimore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described are method of treating or preventing lung disease in a subject comprising the steps of: administering to a subject an agent that modulates the expression, the amount, or activity, of adenine nucleotide translocase (ANT) in the lungs of a subject. The treatment enhances airway surface (ASL) thickness in the lung of a su...