ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,180, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas).

"Sirt6 activators" was invented by Jia Zhou (Galveston, Texas), Wenbo Zhang (Galveston, Texas) and Hua Liu (Galveston, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to novel small molecule activators of Sirt6, for example, compounds of the general Formula (I), their methods and use for the treatment of various human diseases such as cancer, inflammatory diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, and infectious diseases:"

The patent was filed on Sept. 21, 2023, under Application No. 18/471,912.

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