US Patent Issued to Board of Regents, The University of Texas System on Nov. 18 for "Methods for activation and expansion of natural killer cells and uses thereof" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,336, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas).

"Methods for activation and expansion of natural killer cells and uses thereof" was invented by Lucila Nassif Kerbauy (Houston), Elizabeth Shpall (Houston) and Katy Rezvani (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are methods for pre-activating and expanding an isolated population of NK cells. Further provided herein are methods for the treatment of cancer by administering the pre-activated and expanded NK cells."

The patent was filed on Feb. 21, 2019, under Application No. 16/970,937.

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