US Patent Issued to Washington University on March 25 for "Compositions and methods for treatment and imaging using nanoparticles" (Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,327, issued on March 25, was assigned to Washington University (St. Louis).

"Compositions and methods for treatment and imaging using nanoparticles" was invented by Samuel Achilefu (St. Louis) and Kvar Black (St. Louis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention encompasses compositions comprising two spectrally distinct radionuclides separated by a site susceptible to cleavage. Compositions of the invention may be used to detect enzyme activity and/or image diseases associated with said enzyme activity."

The patent was filed on May 13, 2021, under Application No. 17/319,780.

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