US Patent Issued to KOREA ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE on June 9 for "Composition for inhibiting growth of cancer stem cells, containing WDR34 inhibitor, and use thereof" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,924, issued on June 9, was assigned to KOREA ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Composition for inhibiting growth of cancer stem cells, containing WDR34 inhibitor, and use thereof" was invented by Rae Kwon Kim (Sejong, South Korea), In Gyu Kim (Daejeon, South Korea) and Yeon Jee Kahm (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a composition for inhibiting the growth of cancer stem cells, and a use thereof. A WDR34 inhibitor of the present invention inhibits the conversion of cancer cells into cancer stem cells and exhibits activity of inhibiting self-renewal, invasio...