US Patent Issued to The University of Chicago on March 4 for "Compositions and methods for treating and/or preventing pathogenic fungal infection and for maintenance of microbiome commensalism" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,890, issued on March 4, was assigned to The University of Chicago (Chicago).

"Compositions and methods for treating and/or preventing pathogenic fungal infection and for maintenance of microbiome commensalism" was invented by Eugene B. Chang (Chicago), Joseph F. Pierre (Chicago) and Katharine A. Harris (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are compositions and methods for treating and/or preventing pathogenic fungal infection and for maintenance of microbiome commensalism. In particular, provided herein are compositions comprising modified peptide YY (PYY) peptides and therapeutic and/or prophylactic methods of use ...