US Patent Issued to MARSHALL UNIVERSITY RESEARCH on July 28 for "Methods for treatment of obesity, atherosclerosis, and thrombosis" (West Virginia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,115, issued on July 28, was assigned to MARSHALL UNIVERSITY RESEARCH Corp. (Huntington, W.va.).

"Methods for treatment of obesity, atherosclerosis, and thrombosis" was invented by Wei Li (Huntington, W.va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for treating obesity, atherosclerosis, and/or thrombosis comprise reducing an expression level or activity of thymidine phosphorylase in a subject in need thereof. Reducing the expression level or activity of thymidine phosphorylase as part of a method for treatment of obesity, atherosclerosis, and/or thrombosis can comprise administering to the subject an effective amount of a thymidine phosp...