US Patent Issued to NANJING NUTRABUILDING BIO-TECH on Dec. 2 for "Use of ergothioneine for extending lifespan or improving healthspan" (American, Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,110, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to NANJING NUTRABUILDING BIO-TECH Co. LTD. (Nanjing, China).

"Use of ergothioneine for extending lifespan or improving healthspan" was invented by Shawn Wells (Lewisville, Texas), Kylin Liao (Nanjing, China), Joseph L. Evans (Saint Louis, Mo.) and Qiru Fan (Nanjing, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Among others, the present disclosure provides methods for extending lifespan or improving healthspan in a mammal, which includes administration to the mammal of a composition containing an effective amount of ergothioneine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, acid, ester, analog or derivative there...