ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,212, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Treating vasculature related diseases or disorders using nanoparticles" was invented by Liangfang Zhang (San Diego), Che-Ming Jack Hu (Novato, Calif.), Ronnie H. Fang (San Diego), Brian T. Luk (San Diego), Kuei-Chun Wang (San Diego) and Shu Chien (La Jolla, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to prevention and/or treatment of diseases or disorders associated with a damaged or leaky vasculature in a subject. The present invention provides for methods, combinations and pharmaceutical compositions for...