US Patent Issued to University of Pittsburgh-Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, Albert Einstein College of Medicine on May 6 for "Small molecule inhibition of sulfotransferase SULT1A3" (Pennsylvania, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,504, issued on May 6, was assigned to University of Pittsburgh-Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh) and Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Bronx, N.Y.).

"Small molecule inhibition of sulfotransferase SULT1A3" was invented by Alexander Deiters (Pittsburgh), Kristie E. Darrah (Pittsburgh), Mary Frances Cacace (Pittsburgh), Ian Cook (Bronx, N.Y.), Thomas Leyh (Bronx, N.Y.) and Ting Wang (Bronx, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are small molecule compounds and methods inhibiting human sulfotransferase 1A3 (SULT1A3) using these small molecule compounds. Methods of manufacturing and treatment are...