ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,625,139, issued on May 12, was assigned to The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University.

"Methods for modulation of acetyltransferase activity and applications thereof including treatments" was invented by Joshua James Gruber (Palo Alto, Calif.), Benjamin Geller (Stanford, Calif.), Andrew Lipchik (Stanford, Calif.) and Michael P. Snyder (Stanford, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods to identify modulators of histone acetyltransferases are described. Modulators of histone acetyltransferases can be used to treat individuals. In some instances, modulators of histone acetyltransferases are utilized to treat individ...