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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2016
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Ernest William Kovacs, Cohoes, NY (US);
Anup Sood, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Reginald Donovan Smith, Schenectady, NY (US);
Evelina Roxana Loghin, Rexford, NY (US);
Padmaparna Chadhuri, Bangalore, IN;
Vandana Keskar, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Chrystal Mae Chadwick, Latham, NY (US);
Martin James Brown, Ballston Spa, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Provided are methods and kits for activating T cells, the method comprising providing a population of T cells, adding a plurality of first agents, where the first agent comprises a T-cell activator and a first binder moiety, and adding a second agent comprising a plurality of capture oligomers, where at least a segment of at least one of the plurality of capture oligomers is capable of associating with the first binder moiety. The method further comprises incubating the population of T cells, whereby at least a portion of the population of T cells is activated.