ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,348, issued on March 17, was assigned to THE INSTITUTE FOR ETHNOMEDICINE (Jackson, Wyo.).
"Blood indicators of Alzheimer's disease" was invented by Sandra Anne Banack (Jackson, Wyo.) and Paul Alan Cox (Jackson, Wyo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Presented herein are methods of identifying a subject who has, or is at risk of developing Alzheimer's disease comprising determining a presence or amount of 2-aminoethyl dihydrogen phosphate or taurine in the blood, or a blood product, obtained from the subject. Also presented herein are methods of preventing, treating or delaying the onset of Alzheimer's disease."
The patent was filed on...