US Patent Issued to The Johns Hopkins University on Sept. 15 for "Alkylsulfenyl thiocarbonates: precursors to hydropersulfides potently attenuate oxidative stress" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,385, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore).

"Alkylsulfenyl thiocarbonates: precursors to hydropersulfides potently attenuate oxidative stress" was invented by John Pasquale Toscano (Glen Arm, Md.), Vinayak S. Khodade (Baltimore), Sahil Aggarwal (Baltimore), Nazareno Paolocci (Baltimore), Blaze Pharoah (Baltimore), Gizem Keceli (Baltimore) and Kelsey Zhang (Baltimore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Alkylsulfenyl thiocarbonates capable of releasing hydropersulfides (RSSH) and carbonyl sulfide (COS) under physiological conditions and their use for treating or preventing disorders, diseases, or cond...