US Patent Issued to University of Pittsburgh-Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education on July 29 for "Methods and compositions for treatment of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections" (American, Spanish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,463, issued on July 29, was assigned to University of Pittsburgh-Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh).

"Methods and compositions for treatment of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections" was invented by Vaughn Cooper (Wexford, Pa.) and Alfonso Santos Lopez (Madrid).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided in this disclosure are methods of treating a bacterial infection comprising administering a formulation comprising an antimicrobial peptide described herein when administered to a subject. Further provided herein are methods of treating a bacterial infection wherein the bacterial infection comprises a bacteriu...