US Patent Issued to Rhode Island Hospital on Nov. 25 for "Compositions and methods for the prevention or treatment of rheumatoid arthritis" (Massachusetts, Rhode Island Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,643, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Rhode Island Hospital (Providence, R.I.).

"Compositions and methods for the prevention or treatment of rheumatoid arthritis" was invented by Olin Liang (Chestnut Hill, Mass.), Eui-Young So (East Greenwich, R.I.) and Anthony Reginato (West Roxbury, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are compositions and methods for the prevention or treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In some embodiments, RA is prevented or treated by (i) extracting peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and/or bone marrow mononuclear cells (BMMCs) from a subject at risk of, or afflicted with, RA; (ii)...