US Patent Issued to President and Fellows of Harvard College on Sept. 23 for "Universal donor stem cells and related methods" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,493, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Universal donor stem cells and related methods" was invented by Torsten B. Meissner (Cambridge, Mass.), Leonardo M.R. Ferreira (Cambridge, Mass.), Jack L. Strominger (Cambridge, Mass.) and Chad A. Cowan (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are universal donor stem cells and related methods of their use and production. The universal donor stem cells disclosed herein are useful for overcoming the immune rejection in cell-based transplantation therapies. In certain embodiments, the universal donor stem cel...