US Patent Issued to UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION on April 21 for "Methods of treating cancer" (Chinese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,383, issued on April 21, was assigned to UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION (Pittsburgh).

"Methods of treating cancer" was invented by Zong Sheng Guo (Wexford, Pa.), Binfeng Lu (Pittsburgh), Zhi Zhu (Shenyang, China) and Hongqi Chen (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to the use of a KRAS inhibitor and an oncolytic virus to prevent and/or treat cancer. The methods include prevention and/or treatment of cancer with the administration of a KRAS inhibitor and an oncolytic virus to a subject. The present disclosure further provides kits for performing such methods....