ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,295, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to University of Ulster (Coleraine, Great Britain).

"Piscine-derived PYY peptides for use in treating a metabolic disorder" was invented by Nigel Irwin (Ballymoney, Great Britain) and Peter Raymond Flatt (Portstewart, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to peptides for use in the treatment of metabolic disorders. In particular, the present invention relates to peptides for use in the treatment of diabetes. According to the present invention, there is provided a peptide for use in the treatment of a metabolic disorder: wherein the peptide is a piscine-derived ...