US Patent Issued to THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY A CONGRESSIONALLY CHARTERED NOT-FOR-PROFIT, MEDSTAR HEALTH on Dec. 2 for "HDAC6-activated macrophages, compositions, and uses thereof" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,174, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY A CONGRESSIONALLY CHARTERED NOT-FOR-PROFIT Corp. (Washington) and MEDSTAR HEALTH INC. (Columbia, Md.).

"HDAC6-activated macrophages, compositions, and uses thereof" was invented by Alejandro Villagra (Falls Church, Va.), Nima Aghdam (Alexandria, Va.) and Satish Noonepalle (Falls Church, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides histone deacetylase 6 (HDAC6)-activated macrophages, compositions comprising HDAC6-activated macrophages, methods of making HDAC6-activated macrophages, and methods of treating diseases, e.g., cancer, by administeri...