US Patent Issued to University of Florida Research Foundation on May 19 for "Method of killing leukemia cells by administration of recombinant'Y3 proteins" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,593, issued on May 19, was assigned to University of Florida Research Foundation Inc. (Gainesville, Fla.).

"Method of killing leukemia cells by administration of recombinant'Y3 proteins" was invented by Yousong Ding (Gainesville, Fla.), Peilan Zhang (Gainesville, Fla.) and Steven Douglas Bruner (Gainesville, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The subject invention pertains to compositions and methods for preparing and using recombinant proteins based on the fungal Coprinus comatus Y3 protein to control plant and animal viruses and microbes, and diagnose, prevent and treat cancers. Methods are disclosed using compositions comprising r...