US Patent Issued to MacKay Memorial Hospital on July 21 for "Genetically modified mouse, methods for producing the same, and uses thereof" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,297, issued on July 21, was assigned to MacKay Memorial Hospital (Taipei City, Taiwan).

"Genetically modified mouse, methods for producing the same, and uses thereof" was invented by Kate Hsu (New Taipei City, Taiwan), Li-Yang Chen (New Taipei City, Taiwan) and Pin-Lung Chen (New Taipei City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a genetically modified mouse whose genome comprises a transgene encoding a Miltenberger blood group antigen subtype III (Mi.II antigen). According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the Mi.III antigen comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1. Also disclosed herein are a me...