US Patent Issued to Washington University on Aug. 19 for "Neurolytic agents and methods of using and identifying same" (Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,482, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Washington University (St. Louis).

"Neurolytic agents and methods of using and identifying same" was invented by Jeffrey Milbrandt (St. Louis), Aaron DiAntonio (St. Louis), Tong Wu (St. Louis), Amy Strickland (St. Louis), Adam Bloom (St. Louis), Yo Sasaki (St. Louis), Jian Zhu (St. Louis) and Yurie Yamada (St. Louis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Among the various aspects of the present disclosure is the provision is the provision of a SARM1 activating agent or prodrug thereof and methods of using same."

The patent was filed on June 28, 2022, under Application No. 17/851,954.

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