ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,079, issued on March 31, was assigned to SHANGHAI CELL DIFF MEDICINE LTD. (Shanghai).

"Gene delivery system and application thereof in preparation of drugs for treatment of tumors" was invented by Hanjiang Xu (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gene delivery system and applications thereof in the technical field of biological medicines that is particularly useful in the preparation of drugs for treatment of tumors are disclosed. The gene delivery system and applications relate to technology for inducing the differentiation of malignant tumor cells into mature cells, in which regulating the expression of HNF4 alpha protein in ...