US Patent Issued to NUECOLOGY BIOMEDICAL on Dec. 30 for "Amphiphilic alginate-oleic acid macromolecules and process for preparation thereof" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,324, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to NUECOLOGY BIOMEDICAL INC. (Richmond, Canada).

"Amphiphilic alginate-oleic acid macromolecules and process for preparation thereof" was invented by Chung Chin Sun (Richmond, Canada) and Dean Mo Liu (Surrey, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a new type of hydrophobically -modified sodium alginate, which is synthesized by alginate and oleic acid linked with a spacer. The AGO macromolecule as obtained therefrom is amphiphilic and has clinically-accessible molecular size, and anti- cancer activity. The AGO nanoparticle formed therefrom shows excellent structural st...