US Patent Issued to IMAM MOHAMMAD IBN SAUD ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY on March 25 for "Cytotoxic treatment of cancer cells" (Saudi Arabia, Egyptian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,239, issued on March 25, was assigned to IMAM MOHAMMAD IBN SAUD ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

"Cytotoxic treatment of cancer cells" was invented by Tarek Ahmed Yousef (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), Saad Shaaban (Almansourah, Egypt), Ahmed A. Al-Karmalawy (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) and Marwa Sharaky (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for cytotoxically treating cancer cells includes contacting the cancer cells with a composition comprising a compound of Formula I. The compound of Formula I is contacted with the cancer cells in an amount effective to reduce the number of cancer cells by at least 50%. A meth...