ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,537, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Dr. Mary Morris & Associates LLC (Onalaska, Wis.).

"Methods and compositions for the treatment and prevention of type 1 diabetes" was invented by Mary S. Morris (Onalaska, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure provides methods of preventing or treating Type 1 diabetes in a mammalian subject, reducing risk factors associated with Type 1 diabetes, and/or reducing the likelihood or severity of Type 1 diabetes. A method of attenuating an antigenic response in a mammal to at least one Type 1 diabetes related-antigen is also provided. The methods include sublingually administering an eff...