US Patent Issued to UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, AMILYFE on July 15 for "Formulations for promoting hydration and methods of use thereof" (Florida, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,600, issued on July 15, was assigned to UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION Inc. (Gainsville, Fla.) and AMILYFE LLC (Norwood, Mass.).

"Formulations for promoting hydration and methods of use thereof" was invented by Sadasivan Vidyasagar (Gainsville, Fla.), Astrid Grosche (Gainsville, Fla.), Xiaodong Xu (Gainsville, Fla.), Shanshan Lin (Gainsville, Fla.), Samuel Cheuvront (Norwood, Mass.), Robert Kenefick (Norwood, Mass.) and Stephen Gatto (Norwood, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Formulations comprising particular free amino acids useful for promoting hydration and/or intestinal barrier function in a subject in need thereo...