US Patent Issued to UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS on July 28 for "Metal compositions and methods of use thereof" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,136, issued on July 28, was assigned to UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS (Westborough, Mass.).

"Metal compositions and methods of use thereof" was invented by Mingdi Yan (Bedford, Mass.), William Ndugire (Lowell, Mass.), Olof Ramstrom (Lowell, Mass.) and N. G. Hasitha Raviranga (Lowell, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compositions comprising metal entities in combination with an activating agent, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are disclosed. Certain compositions are active as antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal, anti-protozoal, and/or anti-worm agents. The disclosure provides pharmaceutical compositions containing the ...