US Patent Issued to CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY on Oct. 7 for "Targeting cancer cells and tissue using filamentous plant virus particles" (California, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,955, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY (Cleveland).

"Targeting cancer cells and tissue using filamentous plant virus particles" was invented by Nicole F. Steinmetz (San Diego) and Sourabh Shukla (Cleveland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pepino mosaic virus (PepMV) carrier comprising a PepMV particle that has been modified to carry an imaging agent or anticancer agent is described. The PepMV carrier can be used in a method of targeting cancer cells and tissue by administering it to a subject. Cancer tissue targeted by the PepMV carrier can be imaged using an imaging agent, or treated using an anticance...