US Patent Issued to NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY, NIHON SHOKUHIN KAKO on March 11 for "Brain-penetrating ligand drug carrier" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,071, issued on March 11, was assigned to NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY (Kumamoto, Japan) and NIHON SHOKUHIN KAKO Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Brain-penetrating ligand drug carrier" was invented by Hidetoshi Arima (Kumamoto, Japan), Keiichi Motoyama (Kumamoto, Japan), Taishi Higashi (Kumamoto, Japan), Risako Onodera (Kumamoto, Japan) and Ryoma Yokoyama (Kumamoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exemplary substance is provided that permeates the blood-brain barrier and shows a property of penetrating into the brain. Further, exemplary use of the substance as a drug carrier is provided for delivering into the brain,...