LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 3, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Advanced Cancer Therapeutics (ACT), a privately held company dedicated to bringing new anti-cancer therapies to market, today announced that it has been granted U.S. Patent 8,088,385 B2 titled “PFKFB3 inhibitor for the treatment of a Proliferative Cancer” by the United States Patent Office. ACT is the exclusive licensee to this issued patent that was initially filed by the University of Louisville Research Foundation.