US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY on May 27 for "Methods of treatment of spontaneous preterm birth" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,934, issued on May 27, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.) and THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY (Stanford, Calif.).

"Methods of treatment of spontaneous preterm birth" was invented by Marina Sirota (Belmont, Calif.), Brian Le (San Jose, Calif.), Ronald Wong (San Carlos, Calif.) and David Stevenson (Stanford, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Spontaneous preterm birth (sPTB) is premature delivery prior to 37 weeks of pregnancy and is a leading cause of infant mortality worldwide. sPTB is associated with a unique gene expression profile. Identified herein are n...