US Patent Issued to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York on July 15 for "Characterization of the oral microbiome for the non-invasive diagnosis of barrett's esophagus" (New York Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,595, issued on July 15, was assigned to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York).

"Characterization of the oral microbiome for the non-invasive diagnosis of barrett's esophagus" was invented by Julian Abrams (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to noninvasive microbiome analyses of Barrett's esophagus (BE) patients in which changes in the relative abundance of certain bacteria indicate a disease likelihood or pathogenic state. Additional aspects of the present invention relate to manipulating the microbiome to treat or prevent BE and related conditions. Embodiments also ...