US Patent Issued to Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona on May 19 for "Small molecule inhibitors of autophagy and histone deactylases and uses thereof" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,362, issued on May 19, was assigned to Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona (Tucson, Ariz.).

"Small molecule inhibitors of autophagy and histone deactylases and uses thereof" was invented by Jennifer S. Carew (Tucson, Ariz.), Steffan Nawrocki (Tucson, Ariz.) and Wei Wang (Tucson, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention is in the field of medicinal chemistry. In particular, the invention relates to a new class of small-molecules having a quinoline or thioxanthenone (or similar) structure which function as autophagy inhibitors and/or histone deactylase inhibitors, and their use as therapeutics for ...