US Patent Issued to Stellular Bio on Sept. 2 for "Compositions for drug delivery and methods of use thereof" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,161, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Stellular Bio Inc. (Watertown, Mass.).

"Compositions for drug delivery and methods of use thereof" was invented by Jonathan N. Thon (Watertown, Mass.), Brad Dykstra (Watertown, Mass.) and Brenden William Smith (Watertown, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for producing megakaryocytes and platelets derived from inducible pluripotent stem cells and comprising a therapeutic agent are provided. The present disclosure further provides methods and compositions for loading a platelet or a megakaryocyte with a therapeutic agent and for genetically modifying a platelet or a megakaryocyte to e...