US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California on May 13 for "Methods or generating T-cells from stem cells and immunotherapeutic methods using the T-cells" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,452, issued on May 13, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Methods or generating T-cells from stem cells and immunotherapeutic methods using the T-cells" was invented by Gay M. Crooks (Sherman Oaks, Calif.), Amelie Montel-Hagen (Los Angeles) and Christopher Seet (Santa Monica, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and composition for production of T cells are provided. Also provided are therapeutic methods using engineered T cells. For example, in certain aspects methods include preparing three dimensional cell culture compositions comprising stroma cells and hematopoietic stem or p...