US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California on June 2 for "Methods and compositions to treat and prevent viral infections and acute respiratory distress syndrome" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,780, issued on June 2, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Methods and compositions to treat and prevent viral infections and acute respiratory distress syndrome" was invented by Michael Karin (La Jolla, Calif.), Elsa Sanchez-Lopez (La Jolla, Calif.) and Hongxu Xian (La Jolla, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein is a method for one or mor of preventing, treating, reducing the severity of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in a subject at risk for contracting ARDS and infected with a coronavirus or SARS-CoV-2, comprising administering to the subject metformin, an ana...