US Patent Issued to TECHNION RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION on June 30 for "Composition and method for a prebiotic delivery system targeted to probiotic bacteria" (Israeli Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,622, issued on June 30, was assigned to TECHNION RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION Ltd. (Haifa, Israel).

"Composition and method for a prebiotic delivery system targeted to probiotic bacteria" was invented by Yoav D. Livney (Misgav, Israel) and Adi Seifert (Karmiel, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein is a particle made of a protein covalently bound to a prebiotic carbohydrate, thereby forming a conjugate, wherein at least two said conjugates are covalently crosslinked via their carbohydrate units (e.g. by a phospho-di-ester bond). The said particle may be used for selectively promoting probiotic bacteria growth in ...