ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,708, issued on April 15, was assigned to Advanced Protein Technologies Corp. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Composition for ameliorating or treating dementia containing 2'-fucosyllactose" was invented by Chul Soo Shin (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jong Won Yoon (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Seon Min Jeon (Daegu, South Korea), Young Ha Song (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jong Gil Yoo (Pyeongtaek-si, South Korea) and Jeong Su Bang (Ansan-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a method for, preventing, ameliorating or treating dementia by administering a composition containing 2'-fucosyllactose. 2'-FL ameliorates brain damage caused ...