ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,395, issued on March 25, was assigned to UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION Inc. (Gainesville, Fla.).

"Materials and methods for treating stress-related disorders and cancer" was invented by Todd Eliot Golde (Gainesville, Fla.), Hunter S. Futch (Gainesville, Fla.), Brenda Dawn Moore (Gainesville, Fla.) and Benoit Giasson (Gainesville, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are materials and methods for the treatment of stress-related disorders and cancer. The disclosure provides an antibody, or antigen binding fragment thereof, that specifically binds to a region of corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH). The dis...