US Patent Issued to University of South Florida on Sept. 8 for "Methods of treating cancer with a combination of mithramycin and immunotherapy" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,137, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to University of South Florida (Tampa, Fla.).

"Methods of treating cancer with a combination of mithramycin and immunotherapy" was invented by Subhra Mohapatra (Lutz, Fla.), Shyam S. Mohapatra (Lutz, Fla.), Rinku Dutta (Tampa, Fla.) and Waise Quarni (Tampa, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application is directed to pharmaceutical combinations comprising mithramycin and immunotherapy to target cancer initiating stem cells (CSCs). The present application also discloses methods of treating cancer comprising administering mithramycin and immunotherapy to a subject in need thereof."

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