ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,440, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to City of Hope (Duarte, Calif.).

"CS1 targeted chimeric antigen receptor-modified T cells" was invented by Xiuli Wang (Temple City, Calif.) and Stephen J. Forman (Duarte, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Chimeric antigen receptors for use in treating malignant melanoma and other cancers expressing CS1 are described."

The patent was filed on July 10, 2023, under Application No. 18/349,678.

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