ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,325, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY (Taipei, Taiwan).

"Porous hollow fiber membrane and methods of using it to select immune checkpoint inhibitor" was invented by Chien Chung Chen (Taipei, Taiwan), Chee Ho Chew (New Taipei, Taiwan), Wan Ting Huang (Taipei, Taiwan) and Yun Tsao (Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a porous hollow fiber membrane and methods of using the membrane to select an immune checkpoint inhibitor. The membrane can be used in animal models with an immune system and using a low-cost common mouse. The host immune system is unable to attack the ca...