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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2017
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Dino Di Carlo, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Westbrook Weaver, San Diego, CA (US);
Tatiana Segura, Durham, NC (US);
Philip Scumpia, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Donald R. Griffin, Charlottesville, VA (US);
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
A hydrogel material for modulating an immune response in a human subject or other mammal includes a collection of microgel particles having one or more network cross linker components, wherein the microgel particles, when exposed to an endogenous or exogenous annealing agent, links the microgel particles together in situ to form a covalently-stabilized scaffold of microgel particles having interstitial spaces formed between the microgel particles and wherein the collection of microgel particles further includes at least one of an antigen and an adjuvant.