US Patent Issued to ImmunityBio on Dec. 16 for "Anti-CD26 proteins and uses thereof" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,462, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to ImmunityBio Inc. (San Diego).

"Anti-CD26 proteins and uses thereof" was invented by Hing C. Wong (Miramar, Fla.), Bai Liu (Miramar, Fla.), Lin Kong (Miramar, Fla.), Xiaoyun Zhu (Miramar, Fla.) and Catherine Spanoudis (Miramar, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are proteins comprising an anti-CD26 antigen-binding domain. Also provided herein are methods of treating an aging-related disease or an inflammatory disease in a subject that include administering to the subject one of these proteins or a cell expressing one of these proteins."

The patent was filed on April 29, 2021, u...