ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,720, issued on April 15, was assigned to Viktor Veniaminovich Tets (New York).

"Methods for treating and preventing diseases" was invented by Viktor Veniaminovich Tets (New York) and Georgy Viktorovich Tets (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are methods for preventing or treating diseases, said methods comprising (i) inhibiting entry of bacteriophages and/or component(s) thereof into microbiota, bodily fluid(s) or tissue(s) of the mammals and/or (ii) inactivating or modifying bacteriophages and/or component(s) thereof present in microbiota, bodily fluid(s) or tissues of the mammals and/or (iii) inactivating or mo...