US Patent Issued to The University of Adelaide on Dec. 30 for "Methods and products for improving sperm quality" (Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,255, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to The University of Adelaide (South Australia, Australia).

"Methods and products for improving sperm quality" was invented by Rebecca Louise Robker (South Australia, Australia) and Macarena Bermudez Gonzalez (South Australia, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are methods and products for improving the quality of sperm, methods for treating subjects to improve sperm quality or improve fertility, and use of sperm with improved quality in assisted reproductive technologies, including exposing the sperm to BGP-15 and/or a derivative thereof, such as BGP-15, propanolol, bimoclomol, ar...