US Patent Issued to Children's Hospital Medical Center on Jan. 20 for "Compositions and methods for treatment of fragile x syndrome" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,791, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Children's Hospital Medical Center (Cincinnati).

"Compositions and methods for treatment of fragile x syndrome" was invented by Craig Erickson (Cincinnati) and Tori Lynn Schaefer (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are methods of alleviating or preventing one or more symptoms associated with fragile X syndrome in an individual in need thereof via administration of a therapeutically effective amount of a GABA(A) alpha 2 and/or 3 partial agonist. The one or more symptoms may include impaired functional communication, anxiety, inattention, hyperactivity, sensory reactivity, autono...