ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,573, issued on April 14, was assigned to NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY (Tainan City, Taiwan).

"Compositions and uses thereof in treating cancers" was invented by Yan-Shen Shan (Tainan City, Taiwan), Chang-Jung Chen (Tainan City, Taiwan) and Hao-Chen Wang (Tainan City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a composition comprising a lipid nanoparticle and a double-stranded oligodeoxynucleotide (dsODN) encapsulated in the lipid nanoparticle. According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, the dsODN comprises two strands complementary to each other, in which the first strand comprises the nucleotide sequenc...