US Patent Issued to Regeneron Pharmaceuticals on Aug. 19 for "Mouse having a humanized cluster of differentiation 47 gene" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,389,889, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Tarrytown, N.Y.).

"Mouse having a humanized cluster of differentiation 47 gene" was invented by Cagan Gurer (Chappaqua, N.Y.), Ella Ioffe (Bronx, N.Y.), Alexander Mujica (Elmsford, N.Y.) and Gavin Thurston (Briarcliff Manor, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Non-human animals, and methods and compositions for making and using the same, are provided, wherein said non-human animals comprise a humanization of an endogenous cluster of differentiation (CD) gene, in particular a humanization of a CD47 gene. Said non-human animals may be described, in some embodiments...