ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,165, issued on March 31, was assigned to The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Bethesda, Md.) and Aura Biosciences Inc. (Boston).

"Methods for treating bladder tumors with viral nanoparticle conjugates and immune checkpoint inhibitors" was invented by Elisabet de los Pinos (Brookline, Mass.), John Todd Schiller (Kensington, Md.) and Rhonda C. Kines (Washington).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to methods and compositions for the treatment of tumors, using a combination of immunotherapeutic agents and tumor-targeting...