US Patent Issued to IMAM MOHAMMAD IBN SAUD ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY on Nov. 25 for "Organoselenium compound for treating cancer" (Saudi Arabia, Egyptian, Iraqi, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,595, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to IMAM MOHAMMAD IBN SAUD ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

"Organoselenium compound for treating cancer" was invented by Tarek Ahmed Yousef (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), Saad Shaaban (Almansourah, Egypt), Ahmed A. Al-Karmalawy (Baghdad), Marwa Sharaky (Cairo), Hussein Ba-Ghazal (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) and Mohamed Alaasar (Halle Saale, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of treating includes contacting cancer cells with a bis-(organoselanyl urea)aryl agent of Formula (I). The method includes effective inhibition of growth of cancer cells using the bis-(organoselanyl urea)aryl agent o...