ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,439, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Societe des Produits Nestle S.A. (Vevey, Switzerland).

"Nutritional composition comprising miR-3126" was invented by Frederic Raymond (Chatel-St-Denis, Switzerland), Mohamed Nabil Bosco (Epalinges, Switzerland), Lorane Texari (Morges, Switzerland), Solenn Pruvost (Cessy, France) and Gregory Lefebvre (Vullierens, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nutritional composition comprising miR-3126. miR-3126 or said nutritional composition for use as a medicament. Use of miR-3126 to modulate gene expression of one or more gene selected from: Ninein, Unc-13 homolog D, Sulfatase 2, IL-32, OXER...