ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,183, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to New York Society For The Relief Of The Ruptured And Crippled, The Hospital For Maintaining, Special Surgery (New York).

"Methods of treating cancer, infectious disease, and autoimmune disease using chemokines" was invented by Franck Barrat (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The current invention is related to the prevention and treatment of diseases including cancer, autoimmune disease, and infectious disease using chemokines and the receptors to which they agonize. It has been found that certain chemokines, including CXCL4, CXCL9, CXCL10, and CXCL12 as well as CCL5 have various effects...