US Patent Issued to UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS on July 7 for "Anthelmintic probiotic compositions and methods" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,077, issued on July 7, was assigned to UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS (Westborough, Mass.).

"Anthelmintic probiotic compositions and methods" was invented by Raffi Van Aroian (Worcester, Mass.) and Yan Hu (Shrewsbury, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compositions and methods for treating or reducing the severity or likelihood of occurrence of a parasitic worm or helminth infection in a subject are described. The methods include administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a recombinant bacterium expressing a crystal protein such as a Bacillus thuringiensis crystal protein (Cry). The crystal proteins may be full ...