US Patent Issued to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA on Aug. 5 for "Oleic acid derivatives as treatments for Friedreich ataxia and inhibitors of ferroptosis" (Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,178, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) and THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA (Philadelphia).

"Oleic acid derivatives as treatments for Friedreich ataxia and inhibitors of ferroptosis" was invented by Amos Smith (Merion, Pa.), Robert B. Wilson (Wynnewood, Pa.), Donna M Huryn (Allentown, N.J.), Maria Grazia Cotticelli (Philadelphia), Shujuan Xia (Media, Pa.), Taehee Lee (Philadelphia) and Roberto Forestieri (San Antonio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to compounds of Formula I or Formula II: to compositions comprising such compounds, and to methods ...