ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,007, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Slingshot Biosciences Inc. (Emeryville, Calif.).
"CD34 stem cell mimics" was invented by Jeffrey Kim (Berkeley, Calif.), Anh Tuan Nguyen (San Francisco), Subhanip Biswas (Emeryville, Calif.) and Kanwal Palla (Oakland, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Hydrogel beads with quantifiable attached biomolecules and their use as cell mimics in cytometric applications are described. The cell mimics described herein are selectively tunable to have at least one optical property substantially similar to the at least one optical property of a target cell (e.g., CD34+ stem cell). The disclosure further re...