ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,248, issued on Sept. 15, 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 (Haifa, Israel), Yechezkel Kashi (Haifa, Israel), Stav Peled (Haifa, Israel), Shay Freilich (Haifa, Israel) and Adi Seifert (Haifa, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein is a particle made of a protein or a peptide covalently bound to a prebiotic carbohydrate, thereby forming a conjugate. The particle may be used for selectively promoting probiotic bacteria growth in the intestine, particularly t...