US Patent Issued to Temple University-Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education on July 15 for "DNA plasmids for the fast generation of homologous recombination vectors for cell line development" (Colombian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,222, issued on July 15, was assigned to Temple University-Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Philadelphia).

"DNA plasmids for the fast generation of homologous recombination vectors for cell line development" was invented by Oscar M. Perez-Leal (Barranquilla, Colombia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides homologous recombination vectors to insert transgenic DNA in cells. These vectors shorten the production time and allow for easy generation of genetically modified cells. The invention allows the user to test multiple tags and to generate homozygous modified cell line using the homologous recombi...