ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,519, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to AC Immune SA (Lausanne, Switzerland).

"Molecules for therapy and diagnosis" was invented by Elpida Tsika (Lausanne, Switzerland), John Warner (Lausanne, Switzerland) and Jan Peter Henning Stohr (Lausanne, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to novel molecules that can be employed for the prevention, alleviation, treatment and/or diagnosis of diseases, disorders and abnormalities associated with alpha-synuclein (a-synuclein, A-synuclein, aSynuclein, A-syn, Alpha-syn, aSyn, a-syn) aggregates, including, but not limited to, Lewy bodies and/or Lewy neurites, suc...