ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,585, issued on April 21, was assigned to Stichting Radboud Universiteit.
"Fluorinated hexoses" was invented by Johan Franciscus Adrianus Pijnenborg (Nijmegen, Netherlands), Thomas Jan Boltje (Doorn, Netherlands) and Emiel Rossing (Nijmegen, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a new class of compounds based on a hexose featuring at least two 6-fluorides. The class is useful as inhibitors of 4,6-dehydratase enzymes. Such inhibitors are suitable for use as a medicament, for example for treating, preventing, or delaying cancer, tumor metastasis, inflammation, infections, or genetic disorders."
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