US Patent Issued to The General Hospital on Oct. 27 for "Macrophages/microglia in neuro-inflammation associated with neurodegenerative diseases" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,400, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to The General Hospital Corp. (Boston).

"Macrophages/microglia in neuro-inflammation associated with neurodegenerative diseases" was invented by David R. Elmaleh (Newton, Mass.), Rudolph E. Tanzi (Milton, Mass.), Timothy M. Shoup (Franklin, Mass.) and Ana Griciuc (Arlington, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are methods of treating neuron inflammation conditions, for example, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, ischemic stroke, and prion disease, comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of cromolyn or a cromolyn derivative compound...