US Patent Issued to Regents of the University of Minnesota on Nov. 11 for "Genetically modified cells, tissues, and organs for treating disease" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,029, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis).

"Genetically modified cells, tissues, and organs for treating disease" was invented by Bernhard J. Hering (Minnetonka, Minn.) and Christopher Burlak (Minnetrista, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Genetically modified cells, tissues, and organs for treating or preventing diseases are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of making the genetically modified cells and non-human animals."

The patent was filed on Sept. 21, 2021, under Application No. 17/480,404.

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