US Patent Issued to UNM RAINFOREST INNOVATIONS on Oct. 27 for "Silicified immunogenic cells, methods of making, and methods of using" (New Mexico Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,426, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to UNM RAINFOREST INNOVATIONS (Albuquerque, N.M.).

"Silicified immunogenic cells, methods of making, and methods of using" was invented by Rita E. Serda (Albuquerque, N.M.) and Jimin Guo (Albuquerque, N.M.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pharmaceutical composition includes a silicified cell or fraction thereof, a cationic layer disposed on at least a portion of the surface of the silicified cell or fraction thereof, and an immunomodulatory moiety bound to at least a portion of the cationic layer. Alternatively, the pharmaceutical composition includes a silicified cell or fraction thereof, a catio...