US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California on Dec. 9 for "Compositions and methods for promoting healthy neural development in an unborn baby" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,217, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Compositions and methods for promoting healthy neural development in an unborn baby" was invented by Elaine Y. Hsiao (Los Angeles) and Helen E. Vuong (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are methods for promoting healthy neural development in an unborn baby, which include administering to a maternal subject gestating the unborn baby a composition or a bacterial composition. Compositions can include trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO), 5-aminovalerate (5-AV), imidazole propionate (IP), hippurate (HIP), or a combinati...