ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,753, issued on July 21, was assigned to PERSEPHONE BIOSCIENCES INC. (San Diego).

"Compositions for modulating gut microflora populations, enhancing drug potency and treating cancer, and methods for making and using same" was invented by Stephanie J. Culler (Del Mar, Calif.), Robert J. Haselbeck (San Diego), Stephen Van Dien (San Diego), Anandh Swaminathan (San Diego) and Hirokazu Sato (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are compositions, including products of manufacture and kits, and methods, comprising combinations of microbes, such as non-pathogenic, live bacteria and/or bacterial spores, for the control, ameliorati...