US Patent Issued to UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK-NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, CORK, TEAGASC-THE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY on Oct. 21 for "GABA-producing culturable bacteria and use for improving health" (Irish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,185, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK-NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, CORK (Cork, Ireland) and TEAGASC-THE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (Carlow, Ireland).

"GABA-producing culturable bacteria and use for improving health" was invented by Paul Ross (Co. Cork, Ireland) and Catherine Stanton (Co. Cork, Ireland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composition for use in a method of regulating or treating a metabolic disease or a symptom thereof, the composition comprising an isolated bacteria Lactobacillus brevis (DPC6108) deposited with the National Collection of Industrial and Marine Bacteria Limited ...