US Patent Issued to Regeneron Pharmaceuticals on Oct. 7 for "Non-human animals having a humanized a proliferation-inducing ligand gene" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,265, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Tarrytown, N.Y.).

"Non-human animals having a humanized a proliferation-inducing ligand gene" was invented by John McWhirter (Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.), Cagan Gurer (Chappaqua, N.Y.), Lynn Macdonald (Harrison, N.Y.) and Andrew J. Murphy (Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Non-human animals, cells, methods and compositions for making and using the same are provided, wherein the non-human animals and cells comprise a humanized a proliferation-inducing ligand gene. Non-human animals and cells that express a human or humanized a proliferation-inducin...