US Patent Issued to Brown University on Sept. 9 for "PH regulating hydrogels that neutralize cancer cell environment acidosis and increase chemotherapy efficacy" (American, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,187, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Brown University (Providence, R.I.).

"PH regulating hydrogels that neutralize cancer cell environment acidosis and increase chemotherapy efficacy" was invented by Vikas Srivastava (East Greenwich, R.I.), Savan Santoki (Rajkot, India), Zahra Ahmed (Providence, R.I.) and Gavin Mays (Sudbury, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides pH regulation systems of buffer-loaded hydrogels that can regulate pH of solutions for long periods of time. These pH-regulating hydrogels may be used in a variety of pH-dependent systems, including water treatment, agricultural soil, and biological...