ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,748, issued on July 21, was assigned to The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore) and Xuchang University (Xuchang, China).

"Nanozyme compositions and methods of treatment" was invented by Xiaobo Mao (Baltimore), Weiwei He (Xuchang, China) and Yuqing Liu (Baltimore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect, compositions and therapeutic use thereof are provided that can inhibit Alpha-synuclein cell-to-cell transmission. In embodiment, methods are provided to treat a mammal such as a human that is suffering from or susceptible to an Alpha-synucleinopathy that include administering to the mammal an effective amount of one or more metal...