US Patent Issued to SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES on May 26 for "Cells, islets, and organoids that evade immune detection and autoimmunity, methods of production and use thereof" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,662, issued on May 26, was assigned to SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES (La Jolla, Calif.).

"Cells, islets, and organoids that evade immune detection and autoimmunity, methods of production and use thereof" was invented by Eiji Yoshihara (La Jolla, Calif.), Ruth Yu (La Jolla, Calif.), Michael Downes (La Jolla, Calif.), Ronald Evans (La Jolla, Calif.) and Annette Atkins (La Jolla, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention features cells, islet-like cells, pancreatic islets and organoids (e.g., human islet-like organoids or HILOs), as well as cell cultures and methods that are useful for the rapid and reliable generation ...