{"id":5973,"date":"2018-05-30T21:58:55","date_gmt":"2018-05-31T01:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/?p=5973"},"modified":"2018-07-26T13:21:44","modified_gmt":"2018-07-26T17:21:44","slug":"scott-bultman-phd-has-patent-application-published-for-new-approaches-to-treating-heart-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/scott-bultman-phd-has-patent-application-published-for-new-approaches-to-treating-heart-failure\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott Bultman, PhD, Has Patent Application Published for New Approaches to Treating Heart Failure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Scott Bultman, PhD (Associate Professor, Genetics) and Monte Willis, MD, PhD, FACP, FAHA (Pathology and Laboratory Medicine) are co-inventors on a patent application published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office titled \u201cMethods and Compositions for Treatment of Heart Failure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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