ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,332, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Korea University Research and Business Foundation (Seoul, South Korea).

"Composition for preventing, treating, or ameliorating viral infection disease, containing a complex of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress inhibitor and reactive oxygen species scavenger as active ingredients" was invented by Sang-Yun Choi (Seoul, South Korea) and Kwang-Il Jung (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a composition for preventing, treating or ameliorating a viral infection disease, which is safe for human application since the safety of an ER stress inhibitor and a reactive oxyge...