US Patent Issued to The University of Chicago on March 3 for "Methods and compositions for treating cancer" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,623, issued on March 3, was assigned to The University of Chicago (Chicago).

"Methods and compositions for treating cancer" was invented by Lev Becker (Chicago) and Chang Cui (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments are directed to: (i) neutrophil secreted factors that have the capacity to kill a broad range of cancer cells without affecting the viability of non-cancer cells. Two neutrophil killing factors have been identified by the inventors: (1) eosinophil cationic protein (ECP) and (2) neutrophil elastase (ELANE); or (ii) therapeutic compositions that include CD95 degrading polypeptide components and methods of treatin...