US Patent Issued to Vertex Pharmaceuticals on May 20 for "Islet cell manufacturing compositions and methods of use" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,900, issued on May 20, was assigned to Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Boston).

"Islet cell manufacturing compositions and methods of use" was invented by Austin Thiel (Southborough, Mass.), Jihad Yasin (Gardner, Mass.), Evrett Thompson (Wobum, Mass.) and Felicia J. Pagliuca (Boston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are compositions and methods useful for manufacturing SC-Beta cell, and isolated populations of SC-Beta cells for use in various applications, such as cell therapy."

The patent was filed on Feb. 20, 2024, under Application No. 18/581,700.

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