US Patent Issued to UNIVERSITY OF MACAU on Oct. 28 for "Use of artemether in the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer's disease" (Chinese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,715, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to UNIVERSITY OF MACAU (Macao, China).

"Use of artemether in the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer's disease" was invented by Wenhua Zheng (Macao, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a use of artemether in preventing and treating Alzheimer's disease. Artemether is a safe and effective compound for treatment against malaria. Artemether activates an AMPK signaling pathway in the brain of a transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease, improves learning and memory abilities in the mouse model, reduces neuron apoptosis in the brain, improves function of choline acetyltransferase, in...