US Patent Issued to Kuakini Medical Center on Jan. 27 for "Method of using FOXO3A polymorphisms and haplotypes to predict and promote healthy aging and longevity" (Hawaii Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,761, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Kuakini Medical Center (Honolulu).

"Method of using FOXO3A polymorphisms and haplotypes to predict and promote healthy aging and longevity" was invented by Timothy Atchison Donlon (Honolulu), Bradley John Wilcox (Honolulu) and J. David Curb (Honolulu).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides methods and compositions relating to identification and use of genetic information from the FOXO3A gene that can be used for determining and increasing an individual's likelihood of longevity and of retaining physical and cognitive function during aging, and for determining and decreasing an ind...