US Patent Issued to The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on July 21 for "Methods and compositions for treating mucosal tissue disorders" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,755, issued on July 21, was assigned to The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, N.C.).

"Methods and compositions for treating mucosal tissue disorders" was invented by Roland R. Arnold (Chapel Hill, N.C.) and David C. Henke (Chapel Hill, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides compositions and formulations comprising glutathione with or without thiocyanate and methods of use thereof to treat diseases and disorders in mucosal/epithelial tissue."

The patent was filed on March 25, 2024, under Application No. 18/615,134.

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