US Patent Issued to The Florida International University Board of Trustees on May 20 for "Polyols and polyol-based hydrogels with anti-cancer activity" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,529, issued on May 20, was assigned to The Florida International University Board of Trustees (Miami).

"Polyols and polyol-based hydrogels with anti-cancer activity" was invented by Arti Vashist (Miami), Andrea D. Raymond (Coconut Creek, Fla.), Prem Chapagain (Miami), Madhavan P. Nair (Coral Gables, Fla.) and Carolyn D. Runowicz (Miami).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides compositions and methods for selectively treating a cancer or tumor utilizing an effective amount of a vegetable oil-derived polyol or hydrogel particles comprising a vegetable oil-derived polyol. In some embodiments, the cancer is a gynecol...