ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,700, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to The University of Chicago (Chicago).
"Lactate response system and methods" was invented by Xiaoyang Wu (Chicago) and Jian Zhang (Chicago).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compositions and methods are provided concerning a lactate-responsive drug release system. In some embodiments, there are methods and compositions for treating cancer that take advantage of the tumor environment to deliver therapeutic agents to the tumor while reducing problems associated with circulating drugs in the patients body."
The patent was filed on May 15, 2020, under Application No. 17/595,326.
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