US Patent Issued to UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION on Feb. 4 for "Nanoparticles for preventing peri/post-menopausal bone loss and/or obesity" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,214,085, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC. (Athens, Ga.).

"Nanoparticles for preventing peri/post-menopausal bone loss and/or obesity" was invented by Sheba M. J. MohanKumar (Athens, Ga.), Puliyur S. MohanKumar (Athens, Ga.) and Yen-Jun Chuang (Athens, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Nanoparticles and formulations for preventing or reducing peri-/post-menopausal bone loss and/or obesity in a subject are disclosed. The nanoparticles contain a cage, such as a zeolitic imidazolate framework ("ZIF"), a surface modifying agent, a targeting ligand, and an active agent. The surface modifying agen...