US Patent Issued to The Research Foundation for The State University of New York on July 21 for "Anti-fungal compositions and methods for using same" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,744, issued on July 21, was assigned to The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (Amherst, N.Y.).

"Anti-fungal compositions and methods for using same" was invented by Abhiram Maddi (Tonawanda, N.Y.) and Stephen J. Free (Williamsville, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are compounds, compositions, and methods for treatment of fungal infections. The compositions comprise the mannose disaccharide analog (2R,3S,4S,5S,6R)-2-((((3S,4R,5R)-4,5-dihydroxypiperidin-3-yl)methyl)thio)-6-(hydroxymethyl)tetrahydro-2H-pyran-3,4,5-triol. Methods are also provided for the treatment of fungal infections comprising conta...