Patents Assigned to Georgia State
  • Methods of combatting infectious diseases using dicationic bis-benzimidazoles
    Patent number: 5817686
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for treating Cryptococcus neoformans and Candida albicans in a subject in need of such treatment. The methods comprises administering to the subject a dicationic bis-benzimidazole in an amount effective to treat the conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Assignees: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Duke University, Georgia State
    Inventors: Christine C. Dykstra, John Perfect, David W. Boykin, W. David Wilson, Richard R. Tidwell