US Patent Issued to Northwestern University on Aug. 12 for "Engineered red blood cell-based biosensors" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,911, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.).

"Engineered red blood cell-based biosensors" was invented by Joshua N. Leonard (Wilmette, Ill.), Kelly A. Schwarz (Evanston, Ill.) and Taylor B. Dolberg (Evanston, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are systems and methods for detecting extracellular ligands. The disclosed systems and method for detecting extracellular ligands typically comprise or utilize engineered red blood cells (eRBCs) that comprises modular extracellular sensors. The eRBCs may comprise: (i) a first exogenous extracellular sensor; the first extracellular sensor comprisin...