US Patent Issued to University of Georgia Research Foundation, Emory University on July 21 for "Compositions and methods for improving embryo development" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,849, issued on July 21, was assigned to University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc. (Athens, Ga.) and Emory University (Atlanta).

"Compositions and methods for improving embryo development" was invented by Charles A. Easley IV (Athens, Ga.) and Anthony W.S. Chan (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compositions and methods for improving embryo development, treating idiopathic male factor infertility, and enabling infertile/sub-fertile/sterile men to father their own genetic offspring are provided. Typically, the methods include administering into a male or female gamete or fertilized embryo an effective amount of a compound tha...