ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,629, issued on April 29, was assigned to YALE UNIVERSITY.

"Compositions and methods for treating endometriosis" was invented by Hugh Taylor (Easton, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention includes compositions and methods for the treating or preventing endometriosis in a subject in need thereof. In one aspect, the invention relates to compositions and methods for modulating let-7 microRNA."

The patent was filed on July 12, 2019, under Application No. 17/258,879.

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