US Patent Issued to Cornell University, Tu Therapeutics on April 1 for "Method of treating diseases of the kidney and urinary tract by administering a peptide-linked therapeutic agent" (New York, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,263,223, issued on April 1, was assigned to Cornell University (Ithaca, N.Y.) and Tu Therapeutics Inc. (New York).

"Method of treating diseases of the kidney and urinary tract by administering a peptide-linked therapeutic agent" was invented by Shek Hang Benedict Law (New York), Vanessa Bellat (New York) and Benjamin Byung-min Choi (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a systemically administered peptide delivery platform that biodistributes to the kidney or urinary tract. The disclosure further relates to methods of treating a disease of the kidney or urinary tract in a subject in need ...