US Patent Issued to BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM on April 15 for "Monoclonal antibodies against MHC-bound human dickkopf-1 peptides and uses thereof" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,781, issued on April 15, was assigned to BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, Texas).

"Monoclonal antibodies against MHC-bound human dickkopf-1 peptides and uses thereof" was invented by Qing Yi (Houston) and Jianfei Qian (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are methods and reagents for treating cancer. Methods of treating cancer are provided, comprising administering to a patient in need thereof an effective amount of a DKK1 peptide-loaded MHC antibody provided herein. The methods can further include administering an effective amount of chemotherapy or immunotherapy to said patient."

The paten...