ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,714,721, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Loma Linda University Health (Loma Linda, Calif.).

"Methods of treatment of a cytokine storm" was invented by David J. Baylink (Loma Linda, Calif.), Xiaolei Tang (Loma Linda, Calif.), Amir Abdipour (Loma Linda, Calif.) and Samiksha Wasnik (Loma Linda, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided here are methods for treating a cytokine storm in a subject. One such method includes the administration of a therapeutically effective amount of an Insulin-like Growth Factor (IGF-1), a Ca2+-release-activated Ca2+ (CRAC) channel inhibitor, or combinations thereof. Methods include treatment of acute l...