US Patent Issued to The University Court of The University of Edinburgh on Aug. 4 for "Cryopreserving macrophages" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,897, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to The University Court of The University of Edinburgh (Edinburgh, Great Britain).

"Cryopreserving macrophages" was invented by Stuart Forbes (Edinburgh, Great Britain), Lara Campana (Edinburgh, Great Britain), Benjamin Dwyer (Edinburgh, Great Britain), John Campbell (Edinburgh, Great Britain) and Alasdair Fraser (Edinburgh, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method of improving the viability of macrophages subjected to cryopreservation, particularly for macrophages which are to be used in therapy, wherein the method comprises a step of maintaining the ma...