ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,525, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to The University of Manchester (Manchester, Great Britain).

"Method for detecting and treating Parkinson's disease comprising sebum biomarkers" was invented by Perdita Barran (Manchester, Great Britain), Depanjan Sarkar (Manchester, Great Britain), Drupad Trivedi (Manchester, Great Britain), Eleanor Sinclair (Manchester, Great Britain), Monty Silverdale (Manchester, Great Britain) and Joy Milne (Manchester, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to methods for detecting the presence or absence of Parkinson's disease (PD)."

The patent was filed on Feb. 5, 202...