US Patent Issued to HTYR Acquisition on March 18 for "Compositions and methods for the cryopreservation of immune cells" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,250,943, issued on March 18, was assigned to HTYR Acquisition LLC (Philadelphia).

"Compositions and methods for the cryopreservation of immune cells" was invented by Yosef Refaeli (Denver), Brian C. Turner (Denver) and Thomas R. Payne (Aurora, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are compositions and methods for the cryopreservation of immune cells, such as peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) by pre-treating the cells with a PTD-MYC fusion protein (e.g., an HIV TAT-MYC fusion protein) prior to freezing. Kits for practicing the methods are also provided herein."

The patent was filed on April 7, 2020, under Applica...