ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,421, issued on March 18, was assigned to Ohio University (Athens, Ohio).

"Methods for treating cancers using fat specific protein 27 (FSP27) compositions" was invented by John J. Kopchick (Athens, Ohio), Vishwajeet Puri (Athens, Ohio), Vishva Sharma (Athens, Ohio) and Reetobrata Basu (Athens, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "FSP27 compositions and methods for treating cancers are described."

The patent was filed on March 26, 2024, under Application No. 18/616,600.

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