ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,538, issued on April 21, was assigned to CHINA PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY (Nanjing, China).

"Benzo[bselenophene sting regulator, preparation method and use thereof" was invented by Zhiyu Li (Nanjing, China), Jinlei Bian (Nanjing, China), Xi Feng (Nanjing, China), Dongyu Liu (Nanjing, China), Zhe Wang (Nanjing, China) and Zhiyu Qian (Nanjing, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A benzo[b]selenophene STING regulator, a preparation method therefore and use thereof are disclosed. The structure of the compound is shown in Formula I. A derivative, salt, stereoisomer, prodrug molecule and pharmaceutical composition of the present invention...