US Patent Issued to Washington University on Oct. 14 for "Compositions and methods for treating skin diseases, disorders, or conditions" (Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,537, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Washington University (St. Louis).

"Compositions and methods for treating skin diseases, disorders, or conditions" was invented by Cristina de Guzman Strong (St. Louis) and Erin Brettmann (St. Louis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Among the various aspects of the present disclosure is the provision of increasing skin barrier integrity, treating atopic dermatitis, or protecting against keratinocyte cell lysis comprising: administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of an involucrin (IVL) peptide or increasing IVL expression in a subject."

The patent was filed on ...