US Patent Issued to INJE UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION on March 31 for "Composition for diagnosing or treating kidney disease" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,332, issued on March 31, was assigned to INJE UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION (Gimhae-si, South Korea).

"Composition for diagnosing or treating kidney disease" was invented by Sang-Youb Han (Goyang-si, South Korea) and Dae-Young Hur (Busan, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a composition for diagnosing or treating kidney disease, and specifically, provides a composition for diagnosing kidney disease, including VSIG4 or a gene coding same as an active ingredient, and a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating kidney disease, including an expression or activity...