ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,529, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Nanotein Technologies Inc. (Berkeley, Calif.).

"Reagents, reagent kits, and culture media for activating and expanding immune cells and uses thereof" was invented by Curtis Daniel Hodge (Pinole, Calif.), Patrick Michael Carney (Berkeley, Calif.) and Zachary Ibrahim Imam (Concord, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are reagents, reagent kits, and culture media for activating and expanding immune cells in vitro. In some embodiments, the reagents, reagent kits, and culture media comprise a Quillaja saponin. In other embodiments, the reagents, reagent kits, and culture media com...