ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,648,924, issued on June 9, was assigned to University of South Florida (Tampa, Fla.).

"Prevention and treatment of effects of aging and age-associated disorders with ketone supplementation" was invented by Andrew Paul Koutnik (Tampa, Fla.) and Dominic Paul D'Agostino (Tampa, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and compositions for preventing, reducing, delaying, or reversing effects due to aging or preventing, treating, or reducing time to recovery from a disease associated with aging, as well as anemia, hypoalbuminemia, hypocholesterolemia, malnutrition/anorexia/starvation, and/or splenomegaly in a subject in need thereof are dis...