US Patent Issued to Genentech on Aug. 12 for "Methods and compositions for prognosis and treatment of cancers" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,098, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Genentech Inc. (South San Francisco, Calif.).

"Methods and compositions for prognosis and treatment of cancers" was invented by Luciana Molinero (South San Francisco, Calif.) and Priti Hegde (South San Francisco, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides methods of using expression levels of one or more immune cell gene signatures and/or combinations of immune cell gene signatures as selection criteria for selecting a patient having cancer for treatment with an immunotherapy. The invention further provides methods for selecting a patient having cancer who may benefit from a p...