US Patent Issued to Academisch Medisch Centrum, Wageningen Universiteit on Oct. 20 for "Fecal matter for treatment of cachexia" (Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,168, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Academisch Medisch Centrum (Amsterdam) and Wageningen Universiteit (Wageningen, Netherlands).

"Fecal matter for treatment of cachexia" was invented by Max Nieuwdorp (Amsterdam) and Willem Meindert De Vos (Amsterdam).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The use of allogenic fecal matter for the treatment of cachexia and/or cancer, wherein the allogenic fecal matter is obtained from at least one donor subject, wherein the at least one donor subject has a Body Mass Index (BMI) of at least 30 kg/m2, a HOMA-IR value below 2.5 mg/dL and/or an age below 60 years. Fecal matter from the at least one donor subj...