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Patent awarded for ULM professor's research into olive oil treatment for breast cancer

Patent awarded for ULM professor's research into olive oil treatment for breast cancer

Source : https://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/education/2021/04/20/ulm-prof-gets-patent-breast-cancer-research/7303900002/

The University of Louisiana Monroe has announced a U.S. Patent has been awarded based on research led by a ULM College of Pharmacy professor. Khalid El Sayed, Ph.D., a professor of medicinal and natural products chemistry in the School of Basic Pharmaceutical and Toxicological Sciences, College of Pharmacy, piloted the research into a process to isolate oleocanthal from olive oil for use in breast cancer treatment and relapse prevention.