US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California on May 26 for "Antigenic peptides and uses thereof for diagnosing and treating autism" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,491, issued on May 26, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Antigenic peptides and uses thereof for diagnosing and treating autism" was invented by Judy Van de Water (Capay, Calif.) and Elizabeth Edmiston (Sacramento, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides peptides that specifically bind to maternal autoantibodies that are generated in the mother or potential mother against one or more endogenous polypeptide antigens selected from lactate dehydrogenase A (LDH A), lactate dehydrogenase B (LDH B), stress-induced phosphoprotein 1 (STIP1), guanine deaminase (GDA), Y ...