US Patent Issued to Vanderbilt University on Feb. 10 for "WDR5-MYC inhibitors" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,649, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tenn.).

"WDR5-MYC inhibitors" was invented by Selena Chacon Simon (Nashville, Tenn.), Alex Waterson (Nashville, Tenn.), Jonathan D. MacDonald (Nashville, Tenn.), Stephen Fesik (Nashville, Tenn.), Shaun R. Stauffer (Brentwood, Tenn.) and William P. Tansey (Brentwood, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Substituted N-heteroaryl sulfonamide compounds inhibit WDR5-MYC interactions, and the compounds and their pharmaceutical compositions are useful for treating disorders and conditions in a subject such as cancer cell proliferation."

The patent was filed on Nov. 1...