US Patent Issued to Howard University, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY on July 14 for "Methods for treating against viruses" (District Of Columbia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,425, issued on July 14, was assigned to Howard University (Washington) and GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY (Washington).

"Methods for treating against viruses" was invented by Hemayet Ullah (Washington) and Sivanesan Dakshanamurthy (Washington).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combinatorial method for treating against, or at least inhibiting or suppressing, the proliferation of an internal ribosome entry site utilizing virus (IRES-utilizing virus) in a host in need of treatment involves administering the host a compound, a tautomer, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, in an amount effective for inhibiting replication of the IRES-util...