ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,778, issued on April 8, was assigned to SICHUAN UNIVERSITY (Sichuan, China).

"Bifunctional nucleoside hydrogel, preparation method therefor and use thereof" was invented by Hang Zhao (Sichuan, China), Xin Zeng (Sichuan, China), Ning Ji (Sichuan, China), Hui Feng (Sichuan, China), Jiang Liu (Sichuan, China) and Qianming Chen (Sichuan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bifunctional nucleoside hydrogel is formed by dissolving isoguanosine, guanosine and a borate in water or an aqueous solution and then crosslinking same. The bifunctional nucleoside hydrogel integrates a carrier and a drug effect and has a significant inhibitory eff...