US Patent Issued to Seattle Children's Hospital on Oct. 21 for "Transgene genetic tags and methods of use" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,445, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Seattle Children's Hospital (Seattle).

"Transgene genetic tags and methods of use" was invented by Michael C. Jensen (Bainbridge Island, Wash.) and Adam Johnson (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the disclosure include methods of manufacturing compositions comprising host cells. In some alternatives, a method comprises introducing into a host cell an isolated nucleic acid, such as a nucleic acid coding for an isolated polypeptide of an extracellular domain (ECD) of HER2 polypeptide. Some embodiments include culturing the host cells in a medium comprising at least one growth ...