Business · 08/12/2011Updated: 10/17/2026 · 1 min read

NIH to Grant Exclusive License for Cancer Treatment Inventions

Summary

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is considering granting a worldwide exclusive license to practice inventions targeting thrombospondin-1 and CD47 to treat radiation-induced damage and enhance radiotherapy effectiveness in cancer patients, based on provisional patent applications filed between 2006 and 2009.

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