ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,124, issued on July 28, was assigned to Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (New York) and The Rockefeller University (New York).

"Methods of controlling and improving brain health" was invented by Anne Schaefer (New York), Josefa Sullivan (New York), Alexander Tarakhovsky (Amagansett, N.Y.), Uwe Schaefer (New York) and Tuo Zhang (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a method of inducing a neuroprotective state comprising administering a Bromodomain and Extra-Terminal motif (BET) inhibitor under conditions effective to induce a neuroprotective state. Also disclosed are methods of preventing an...