ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,783, issued on July 21, was assigned to AIR FORCE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY (Xi'an, China).

"Molecular self-assembled nanoparticles and preparation method and application thereof" was invented by Bolei Cai (Xi'an, China), Liang Kong (Xi'an, China), Feng Cao (Xi'an, China), Fuwei Liu (Xi'an, China), Le Wang (Xi'an, China), Yunpeng Li (Xi'an, China), Taiqiang Dai (Xi'an, China) and Han Bao (Xi'an, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Molecular self-assembled nanoparticles and a preparation method and application thereof are provided in the present application, relating to the technical field of precise treatment of arthritis. The molecular se...