US Patent Issued to The University of Chicago on July 21 for "N6-methyladenosine regulators in uterine fibroids" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,734, issued on July 21, was assigned to The University of Chicago (Chicago).

"N6-methyladenosine regulators in uterine fibroids" was invented by Qiwei Yang (Bolingbrook, Ill.) and Ayman Al-Hendy (Hinsdale, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In aspects, the present disclosure provides a method of treating or preventing a uterine fibroid in a female mammal, the method comprising, consisting essentially of, or consisting of administering to the female mammal an effective amount of an agent that modulates an N6-methyladenosine (m6A) regulator."

The patent was filed on Oct. 18, 2022, under Application No. 17/968,386.

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