ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,513, issued on May 20, was assigned to Children's Hospital Medical Center (Cincinnati).

"Methods and compositions to treat cancer" was invented by Jeffrey A. Whitsett (Cininnati, Ohio), Yutaka Maeda (Cincinnati) and Takuya Fukazawa (Okayama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments provided herein relate to methods and compositions for treating mesothelioma and/or a small cell lung cancer that express midkine."

The patent was filed on May 2, 2023, under Application No. 18/142,308.

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