US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California on May 13 for "Chemically and photochemically initiated cell membrane blebbing to induce cell vesicle production, modifications thereof, and uses thereof" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,023, issued on May 13, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Chemically and photochemically initiated cell membrane blebbing to induce cell vesicle production, modifications thereof, and uses thereof" was invented by Young Jik Kwon (Irvine, Calif.), Melissa Thone (Irvine, Calif.), Margaret Lugin (Irvine, Calif.) and Dominique Antoinette Ingato (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure provides methods to chemically and photochemically initiate cell membrane blebbing to induce cell vesicle production, modifications thereof, and uses thereof, including for drug delivery, gen...