ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,803, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to TULYNODE BIOSCIENCES INC. (San Diego).

"Methods for activating immune cells" was invented by Phillip S. Kim (San Diego), Brian E. Grot (San Diego) and Emma Langley (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are methods for activating an immune cell in a subject. In some embodiments, the methods comprise passing an immune cell from a subject through an immune modulating chamber comprising a tumor cell, thereby activating the immune cell, and returning the activated immune cell to the subject. In some embodiments, the methods further comprise isolating an immune cell-containing por...