ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,778, issued on Sept. 22.

"Test to predict and evaluate innate immune responses to infections and methods of treatment thereof" was invented by Samuel B. Reichberg (Hartsdale, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are methods of determining innate immune response to infections of a subject comprising mixing a subject blood sample comprising plasma with an anticoagulant solution; adding a sample of innate immune cells incubated with one or more stimulants to the mixture to form a cell sample aliquot; incubating the cell sample aliquots with and without the stimulants for at least one hour at an optimal temperature; sepa...