ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,642, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to IMAM MOHAMMAD IBN SAUD ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

"Method of treating cancer using CaV2O6/CaSiO3/g-C3N4 nanocomposite" was invented by Mohamed Khairy Abdel Fattah Omran (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) and Babiker Yagoub Elhadi Abdulkhair (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of treating a cancer by inducing apoptosis in a cancer cell includes contacting the cancer cell with a graphite-phase carbon nitride calcium metavanadate and calcium silicate (CaV2O6/CaSiO3/g-C3N4) nanocomposite. The cancer cell is selected from at least one cancer cell line from the group con...