US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California on Sept. 23 for "CAR-t cells and autoimmune diseases" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,302, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"CAR-t cells and autoimmune diseases" was invented by Jeffrey A. Bluestone (San Francisco) and Caroline Raffin (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-expressing Tregs specifically target an antigen present in the joint of RA patients to induce a localized and effective immunosuppressive response."

The patent was filed on Feb. 11, 2019, under Application No. 16/968,794.

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