ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,992, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Ohio University (Athens, Ohio) and Trustees of Boston University (Boston).

"Methods and compositions for treating cardiovascular diseases using fat specific protein 27 (FSP27) compositions" was invented by Vishwajeet Puri (Athens, Ohio), John J. Kopchick (Athens, Ohio), Vishva Sharma (Athens, Ohio), Noyan Gokce (Athens, Ohio) and Shakun Karki (Athens, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "FSP27 compositions and methods for treating cardiovascular diseases are described."

The patent was filed on Dec. 28, 2022, under Application No. 18/147,213.

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