US Patent Issued to ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA on Feb. 17 for "Compounds and methods for treating or reducing pruritus" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,528, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA (Tucson, Ariz.).

"Compounds and methods for treating or reducing pruritus" was invented by Martha Bhattacharya (Tucson, Ariz.) and Tally Largent-Milnes (Tucson, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention features methods and compositions for preventing, inhibiting, or reducing the sensation of itch (pruritus) by modulating the gene expression of TMEM184B. Modulating the gene expression of TMEM184B may comprise increasing Tmem184B protein expression, increasing Tmem184B protein activity or both. Furthermore, the meth...