US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of Michigan on May 5 for "Compositions and methods for individualized characterization of non-IgE mediated food allergies" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,827, issued on May 5, was assigned to The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

"Compositions and methods for individualized characterization of non-IgE mediated food allergies" was invented by Mohamad El Zaatari (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and John Y. Kao (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are compositions and methods for the individualized identification of triggers allergies (e.g., non-IgE mediated allergies) in an individual. In particular, biomarkers and assays are provided and used to characterize food allergies and related conditions (e.g., food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome (FPI...