US Patent Issued to Washington University on June 24 for "Compositions and methods of treatment using nicotinamide mononucleotide" (Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,010, issued on June 24, was assigned to Washington University (St. Louis).

"Compositions and methods of treatment using nicotinamide mononucleotide" was invented by Shin-ichiro Imai (St. Louis) and Alessia Grozio (St. Louis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various methods and compositions for treating age-associated conditions and other medical conditions, such as muscle diseases, type 2 diabetes, and/or obesity are described. Methods of enhancing cellular uptake of NMN and stimulating NAD+ production are further described. Various mammalian cells and mammalian cell lines are described including those comprising a cDNA encoding a Slc12...