US Patent Issued to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on June 2 for "Compositions and methods to treat gastrointestinal diseases and disorders" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,793, issued on June 2, was assigned to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles).

"Compositions and methods to treat gastrointestinal diseases and disorders" was invented by Mark Pimentel (Los Angeles), Gabriela Guimaraes Sousa Leite (Los Angeles), Ruchi Mathur (Los Angeles), Ali Rezaie (West Hollywood, Calif.), Walter Morales (Rowland Heights, Calif.) and Stacy Weitsman (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are compositions and methods of treating gastrointestinal diseases and disorders such as irritable bowel syndrome and small intestinal bacterial overgrowth."

The patent was filed on March 18, 2020, under Ap...