ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,568, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Emory University (Atlanta).

"Lipid disulfide prodrugs and uses related thereto" was invented by Dennis Liotta (Atlanta) and Kyle Giesler (Winter Springs, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to lipid disulfide prodrugs and in particular to lipid disulfide phosphodiester nucleosides and derivatives thereof, pharmaceutical compositions, and uses related thereto. According to one embodiment of the disclosure there is provided a compound of Formula I,or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or derivatives thereof, wherein substituents are disclosed herein."

The patent was filed ...