Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'A Robust Huh7.vil Stable Cell Line Overexpressing Ace2 And Tmprss2 And Implementations Thereof' Filed by National Institute Of Immunology

MUMBAI, India, April 10 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202411072617 A) filed by National Institute Of Immunology, New Delhi, on Sept. 25, 2024, for 'a robust huh7.vil stable cell line overexpressing ace2 and tmprss2 and implementations thereof.'

Inventor(s) include Gupta, Nimesh; and Nikam, Bhushan.

The application for the patent was published on April 10, under issue no. 15/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present disclosure provides a method for producing engineered Huh7 cell and cell line for overexpressing ACE2 gene and TMPRSS2 gene. The present disclosure further provides methods for screening neutralizing antibody or viral entry inhibitors using th...