US Patent Issued to GI CELL on Aug. 5 for "Composition for culturing natural killer cells and method for preparing natural killer cells by using same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,526, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to GI CELL INC. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Composition for culturing natural killer cells and method for preparing natural killer cells by using same" was invented by Myoung Ho Jang (Seoul, South Korea), Chun-Pyo Hong (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Dong Woo Ko (Seoul, South Korea) and June Sub Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to: a composition for culturing natural killer cells, comprising, as an active ingredient, a fusion protein comprising an IL-2 protein and a CD80 protein; and a method for preparing natural killer cells by using same. Particularl...