US Patent Issued to Agency for Science, Technology and Research on June 23 for "Method of promoting survival and/or function of a motor neuron and related agents, uses and methods" (Singaporean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,672, issued on June 23, was assigned to Agency for Science, Technology and Research (Singapore).

"Method of promoting survival and/or function of a motor neuron and related agents, uses and methods" was invented by Shi Yan Ng (Singapore), Boon Seng Soh (Singapore) and Jin Hui Hor (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a method of promoting survival and/or function of an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or ALS-like motor, the method comprising contacting the motor neuron with an agent capable of reducing mitochondrial protein acetylation, particularly an agent selected from a deacetylase activator, such as nico...