US Patent Issued to University of Southern California on Dec. 2 for "Methods and formulations promoting tissue/organ regeneration, longevity and healthspan" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,607, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to University of Southern California (Los Angeles).

"Methods and formulations promoting tissue/organ regeneration, longevity and healthspan" was invented by Valter D. Longo (Play del Rey, Calif.), Chia-Wei Cheng (Los Angeles), Sebastian Brandhorst (Redondo Beach, Calif.), Min Wei (West Covina, Calif.) and Todd E. Morgan (Manhattan Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes a step of identifying a subject in need of diet modification; and administering a first diet to the subject for a first time period. The first diet provides 4.5 to 7 kilocalories per pound of subject for a firs...