US Patent Issued to The Jackson Laboratory, University of Massachusetts on Oct. 20 for "Model of functions and regulation of human natural killer cells" (Massachusetts, Maine Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,768,831, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to The Jackson Laboratory (Bar Harbor, Maine) and University of Massachusetts (Westborough, Mass.).

"Model of functions and regulation of human natural killer cells" was invented by Leonard D. Shultz (Bar Harbor, Maine), Michael A. Brehm (Westborough, Mass.) and Dale L. Greiner (Westborough, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods provided according to aspects of the present disclosure have various utilities such as in vivo testing of substances directed against human cancer."

The patent was filed on June 26, 2025, under Application No. 19/250,234.

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