ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,063, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Emory University (Atlanta).
"Combination therapies for managing cancer" was invented by Adam Marcus (Atlanta) and Malathy Shanmugam (Atlanta).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are methods of managing cancer and tumor growth. This disclosure relates to methods of treating cancer comprising administering a combination of chemotherapy agents, wherein a first chemotherapy agent is capable of inhibiting oxidative phosphorylation of pyruvate and a second chemotherapy agent is capable of inhibiting glucose metabolism. In certain embodiments, the first and second chemotherapy agents are admi...