US Patent Issued to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey on June 3 for "Combination therapy using riluzole to enhance tumor sensitivity to ionizing radiation" (New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,449, issued on June 3, was assigned to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, N.J.).

"Combination therapy using riluzole to enhance tumor sensitivity to ionizing radiation" was invented by Atif J. Khan (Monroe, N.J.), Suzie Chen (Highland Park, N.J.), James S. Goydos (East Brunswick, N.J.) and Bruce G. Haffty (Somerset, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a method of treating a tumor in a patient, comprising (a) administering riluzole in an amount effective to sensitize the tumor cells to ionizing radiation, and (b) irradiating the tumor cells with ionizing radiation in a dose effective to reduce tumo...