ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Illinois, has been assigned a patent (No. 10,494,428, initially filed Feb. 13, 2018) developed by nine co-inventors for "anti-nodal antibodies and methods of using same." The co-inventors are Menotti Ruvo, Caserta, Italy, Annamaria Sandomenico, Naples, Italy, Antonio Leonardi, Naples, Italy, Luca Sanguigno, Naples, Italy, Mary J.C. Hendrix, Lake Forest, Illinois, Elisabeth A. Seftor, Chicago, Illinois, Richard E.B . . .