US Patent Issued to KOREA FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE on Feb. 10 for "Pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating cancer, comprising Weissella cibaria WIKIM28 as active ingredient" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,411, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to KOREA FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Wanju-Gun, South Korea).

"Pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating cancer, comprising Weissella cibaria WIKIM28 as active ingredient" was invented by Hak Jong Choi (Gwangju, South Korea) and Mi Sun Yun (Gwangju, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a novel Weissella cibaria WIKIM28 (Accession No. KCCM11879P) isolated from kimchi and a composition comprising the same as an active ingredient. Weissella cibaria WIKIM28 according to the present invention shows excellent anti-cancer activity in animal models in which ...