ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,167, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to NINGBO INNOVATIVE MECHANISM BIOSCIENCE LLC (Ningbo, China).

"Cytokine combination" was invented by Jinyu Zhang (Chongqing, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a cytokine combination useful for treating a tumor and/or preventing recurrence or metastasis of the tumor. The cytokine combination with at least three cytokines selected from the following groups: interleukin 12 (IL12) or a functional variant thereof, granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GMCSF) or a functional variant thereof, FMS-like tyrosine kinase 3 ligand (FLT3L) or a functional variant thereof, interleukin ...