US Patent Issued to Creighton University on March 24 for "Cancer radiation therapy with biocompatible quantum dots for simultaneous dose enhancement and counter-metastasis" (Minnesota, Michigan, Nebraska, Hawaii, Indiana, Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,715, issued on March 24, was assigned to Creighton University (Omaha, Neb.).

"Cancer radiation therapy with biocompatible quantum dots for simultaneous dose enhancement and counter-metastasis" was invented by Andrew Edet Ekpenyong (Omaha, Neb.), Caleb Thiegs (White Bear Lake, Minn.), Anne Hubbard (Terre Haute, Ind.), Yohan Walter (Kaneohe, Hawaii), Harrison Kramer (Phoenix) and Kimal Honour Djam (Southfield, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for radiation therapy for cancerous tumors using biocompatible quantum dots to provide radiation dose enhancement and resistance to metastasis are described. In an aspect,...