US Patent Issued to H. LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA on May 6 for "Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes for adoptive cell therapy" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,724, issued on May 6, was assigned to H. LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC. (Tampa, Fla.) and UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA (Tampa, Fla.).

"Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes for adoptive cell therapy" was invented by Amod A. Sarnaik (Tampa, Fla.), Shari Pilon-Thomas (Tampa, Fla.), Mark McLaughlin (Tampa, Fla.) and Hao Liu (Tampa, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are compositions and methods for ex vivo expansion of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes for use in adoptive cell therapy (ACT). Also disclosed are compositions and method for identifying an agent for ex vivo expansion of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes ...