US Patent Issued to Georgetown University on May 27 for "Methods and compositions for cell transplantation" (Maryland Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,078, issued on May 27, was assigned to Georgetown University (Washington).

"Methods and compositions for cell transplantation" was invented by Wanxing Cui (Derwood, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of transplanting target cells into a subject in need thereof. The methods generally comprise creating a sealed transplantation space by attaching an acellular membrane to the surface of a visceral organ or tissue in the subject in a manner such that a sealed space is created between the surface of the visceral organ or tissue and the membrane, and inserting a mixture of support cells and the target cells into the sealed transplan...