ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,523, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Cellphire Inc. (Rockville, Md.).
"Platelets as delivery agents" was invented by Keith Andrew Moskowitz (Westfield, Ind.), Amber Nicole Lee (Montgomery Village, Md.) and Rafael Jorda (Merignac, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are RNA agent-loaded platelets, methods of preparing RNA agent-loaded platelets, and methods of using RNA agent-loaded platelets. In some embodiments, methods of loading RNA agents into platelets include treating platelets with a RNA agent, a cationic transfection reagent, and a loading buffer that can include a salt, a base, a loading agent, and optiona...