US Patent Issued to Yale University on June 24 for "Quinoline amides and methods of using same" (New York, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,987, issued on June 24, was assigned to Yale University (New Haven, Conn.).

"Quinoline amides and methods of using same" was invented by Andrew Miranker (Guilford, Conn.) and Sunil Kumar (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides novel compounds that are quinoline foldamers. Such foldamers stabilize and bind to islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP). In certain embodiments, the quinoline foldamers of the invention are soluble and cross biological membranes without cellular assistance. The present invention further provides novel methods of preventing or treating diabetes in a subject in need thereof by administ...