US Patent Issued to Northwestern University on March 11 for "Cell surface modification by coating with peptide amphiphiles (PAs)" (South Korean, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,063, issued on March 11, was assigned to Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.).

"Cell surface modification by coating with peptide amphiphiles (PAs)" was invented by Slgirim Lee (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Samuel I. Stupp (Chicago) and Lewis Fraser (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are peptide amphiphiles (PAs). In some embodiments, provided herein are targeting PAs comprising a PA backbone and a targeting moiety. In some embodiments, the peptide amphiphiles are assembled into nanofibers. In some embodiments, provided herein are cells coated with a targeting PA or a nanofiber comprising the same, and methods...