ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,971, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA (Philadelphia).

"Compositions and methods for treatment of mitochondrial respiratory chain dysfunction and other mitochondrial disorders" was invented by Marni J. Falk (Voorhees, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compositions and methods for treatment of mitochondrial respiratory chain dysfunction and other mitochondrial disorders are provided. Also disclosed are a number of screening assays having utility for the identification of agents which modulate the phenotype associated with mitochondrial respiratory chain dysfunction."

The patent was filed on No...