US Patent Issued to UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION on Aug. 26 for "Methods for treating and reducing traumatic brain injury-associated impairments using SGP130" (Pennsylvania Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,040, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION (Pittsburgh).

"Methods for treating and reducing traumatic brain injury-associated impairments using SGP130" was invented by Amy Kathleen Wagner (Pittsburgh).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to methods and compositions for treating traumatic brain injury (TBI) and TBI-associated impairments and improving outcome in subjects that have sustained traumatic brain injury comprising administering to the subject a sgp130 or an agent that promotes the binding of sgp130 and sIL-6R and/or reduces sIL-6R me...