ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,718, issued on March 4, was assigned to Trustees of Boston University.

"Synthetic cellular signaling pathways and uses thereof" was invented by Mark W. Grinstaff (Brookline, Mass.), Jack R. Kirsch (Cambridge, Mass.), Amanda K. Williamson (Boston) and Brett Tingley (Brighton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates generally to methods and compositions for generation or enhancement of partial or complete cellular signaling pathways."

The patent was filed on July 12, 2023, under Application No. 18/221,206.

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