ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,601, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Cancer Research Technology Ltd. (London).

"Dietary product devoid of at least two non essential amino acids" was invented by Oliver D. K. Maddocks (Glasgow, Great Britain) and Karen Vousden (Glasgow, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a dietary product comprising a plurality of amino acids, wherein the dietary product comprises all the essential amino acids and wherein the dietary product is substantially devoid of at least two non-essential amino acids; methods and uses thereof in the treatment of cancer; stratification methods and biomarkers for such...