US Patent Issued to PICOENTECH on Aug. 5 for "Food composition containing novel aldehyde dehydrogenase for improving memory and cognitive function" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,532, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to PICOENTECH Co. LTD. (Seongnam-Si, South Korea).

"Food composition containing novel aldehyde dehydrogenase for improving memory and cognitive function" was invented by Hung Taeck Kwon (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The compositions contain a novel aldehyde dehydrogenase derived from a novel mutant yeast, that improve memory and cognitive function. The embodiments relate to a food and pharmaceutical composition for preventing Alzheimer's disease and Huntington disease by reducing the accumulation of lesional proteins in brain tissue. The food or pharmaceutical compositions conta...