US Patent Issued to Washington University on Dec. 16 for "Compositions of autophagy modulating agents and uses thereof" (Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,297, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Washington University (St. Louis).

"Compositions of autophagy modulating agents and uses thereof" was invented by David Perlmutter (St. Louis), Gary Silverman (St. Louis), Stephen Pak (St. Louis) and Roland E. Dolle (St. Louis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to compositions and methods for modulating autophagy for treatment and prevention of autophagy-associated diseases, disorders, or conditions. Methods include administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising an autophagy modulating agent selected from formulasas defined herein."

The patent was filed on...