US Patent Issued to Buck Institute for Research on Aging on July 7 for "Methods of inducing autophagy using coumarin derivatives and related compounds" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,039, issued on July 7, was assigned to Buck Institute for Research on Aging (Novato, Calif.).

"Methods of inducing autophagy using coumarin derivatives and related compounds" was invented by Gordon J. Lithgow (Novato, Calif.), Julie K. Andersen (Novato, Calif.), Shankar J. Chinta (Novato, Calif.) and Manish Chamoli (San Mateo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In various embodiments compounds that induce and/or promote autophagy are provided as wells as methods of use thereof (e.g., in the prophylaxis or treatment of chronic pathologies associated with aging). In one illustrative, but non-limiting embodiments the compound(s) compr...