US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of Michigan on Feb. 10 for "Use of gelsolin to treat or prevent lung injury and disease" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,422, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

"Use of gelsolin to treat or prevent lung injury and disease" was invented by Antonia Popova (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Tracy Xiao Cui (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides methods, uses, and pharmaceutical compositions with utility in the treatment of acute lung injuries or chronic lung diseases including, bronchopulmonary dysplasia and exacerbations of bronchopulmonary dysplasia."

The patent was filed on Nov. 20, 2020, under Application No. 17/778,634.

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