US Patent Issued to Brigham Young University on June 16 for "Methods for treating lung infections and inflammation" (Utah, Ohio, Nevada Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,832, issued on June 16, was assigned to Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah).

"Methods for treating lung infections and inflammation" was invented by Paul B. Savage (Mapleton, Utah), Carl A. Genberg (Las Vegas) and Michael D. Triplett (New Albany, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of treating, reducing, or preventing lung infections and/or lung inflammation include identifying a patient in need of treatment and administering a therapeutically or prophylactically effective amount of at least one cationic steroid antimicrobial (CSA), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Treatment of cystic fibrosis lung infections...