US Patent Issued to YALE UNIVERSITY on April 8 for "Compositions and methods for in utero delivery" (Connecticut, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,774, issued on April 8, was assigned to YALE UNIVERSITY (New Haven, Conn.).

"Compositions and methods for in utero delivery" was invented by W. Mark Saltzman (New Haven, Conn.), David H. Stitelman (Branford, Conn.), James Stephen Farrelly (Milford, Conn.) and Anthony Bianchi (Liverpool, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compositions and methods for fetal or in utero delivery of active agents are provided. The compositions are most typically administered intravenously via the vitelline vein, umbilical vein, or directly into the amniotic cavity of a pregnant mother. Fibroblast growth factor is to correct structural defects of neural ...