US Patent Issued to Howard University, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY on May 19 for "Drug inhibitor against migration and invasion of cancer cells and methods of treating against metastasis of cancer cells" (District Of Columbia, Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,355, issued on May 19, was assigned to Howard University (Washington) and GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY (Washington).

"Drug inhibitor against migration and invasion of cancer cells and methods of treating against metastasis of cancer cells" was invented by Hemayet Ullah (Washington) and Sivanesan Dakshanamurthy (Herndon, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for treating against, or at least inhibiting or suppressing, the proliferation of a cancer involves administering a compound, a tautomer, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, in an amount effective for inhibiting metastasis of cancer cells, wherein the compound is represen...