ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,209, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to CITY OF HOPE (Duarte, Calif.).

"Neural stem cell delivery of therapeutic agents" was invented by Marcin Tomasz Kortylewski (Monrovia, Calif.), Karen Aboody (Arcadia, Calif.), Alexandra Jacqueline Annala (Pasadena, Calif.) and Mohamed Hammad (Alhambra, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure provides, inter alia, neural stem cells comprising exogenous nucleotides, vesicles comprising exogenous nucleotides, and methods for treating diseases and disorders, such as cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, inflammatory diseases, and viral diseases, using the neural stem cells, vesicles, and ...