US Patent Issued to Social Profit Network on Feb. 24 for "Methods and compositions for delivery of biotin to mitochondria" (New York Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,346, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Social Profit Network (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Methods and compositions for delivery of biotin to mitochondria" was invented by Hazel Szeto (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Certain exemplary embodiments are directed to a biologically active composition of matter (and uses thereof) configured for targeted delivery of biotin to mitochondria, the composition comprising a first D-biotin conjugated to a water-soluble, cell-permeable, peptide sequence, wherein the peptide sequence is selected from a polypeptide group with an alternating aromatic-cationic motif."

The patent was filed on Oct. 25...