US Patent Issued to Emory University on March 25 for "Polyoxometalate complexes and pharmaceutical compositions" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,225, issued on March 25, was assigned to Emory University (Atlanta).

"Polyoxometalate complexes and pharmaceutical compositions" was invented by Jie Song (Atlanta), Shuming Nie (Atlanta) and Craig Hill (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates polyoxometalate complexes and uses in the management, treatment, or prevention of cancer. In certain embodiments, the polyoxometalate complexes comprise polydentate oxygen bridging ligands such as those of the following formula: [POM{(OCH2)3CX}2], [M6O13{(OCH2)3CX}2], [V6O13{(OCH2)3CX}2], salts, or derivatives thereof wherein POM is a polyoxometalate, M is a metal, and X i...