ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,247, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to INSTITUT DU CERVEAU ET DE LA MOELLE EPINIERE (Paris).

"Tetracycline derivatives for treating neurodegenerative or neuroinflammatory diseases" was invented by Bruno Figadere (Saint Cheron, France), Rita Raisman-Vozari (Paris), Patrick Pierre Michel (Paris), Laurent Ferrie (Palaiseau, France) and Clemence Rose (Beziers, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to the field of medicine. In particular, it relates to the use of tetracycline derivatives in the treatment or prevention of a neurodegenerative or neuroinflammatory disease, such as Parkinson's disease."

The p...