US Patent Issued to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital on July 7 for "Composition and methods for treating respiratory diseases" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,060, issued on July 7, was assigned to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (Memphis, Tenn.).

"Composition and methods for treating respiratory diseases" was invented by Paul Thomas (Memphis, Tenn.) and David F. Boyd (Memphis, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are compositions containing a therapeutically effective amount of at least one ADAMTS4 inhibitor, such as a specific ADAMTS4 inhibitor, and a therapeutically effective amount of at least one antibiotic, and the use of such compositions in treating an infection in a subject in need thereof. Also disclosed herein are methods for treating an infection in a subje...