ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,627, issued on April 14, was assigned to IMAM MOHAMMAD IBN SAUD ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

"Method of treating cancer cells using copper hydroxide nitrate/calcium silicate/graphitic carbon nitride nanocomposite material" was invented by Babiker Yagoub Elhadi Abdulkhair (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) and Mohamed Khairy Abdel Fattah Omran (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of inhibiting a cancer cell growth includes contacting the cancer cell with a Cu2(OH)3NO3/CaSiO3@g-C3N4 nanocomposite material containing graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4), copper hydroxide nitrate (Cu2(OH)3NO3) and calcium silicat...