ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,986, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to KOREA INSTITUTE OF ORIENTAL MEDICINE (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Composition for inhibiting proliferation of tumor comprising Rubus coreanus extract as effective component" was invented by Hwan Suck Chung (Daegu, South Korea), Ji Hye Kim (Daegu, South Korea), Jang Gi Choi (Daegu, South Korea), Eun-Ji Lee (Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea) and Young Soo Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composition for inhibiting proliferation of tumor comprising Rubus coreanus extract as effective component. It was found that the Rubus coreanus extract binds to PD-L1 present on the surface ...