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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2003
Applicants:
Carl June, Merion Station, PA (US);
James Riley, Downingtown, PA (US);
Marcela Maus, Wynnewood, PA (US);
Anna Thomas, Bergisch Gladbach, DE;
Inventors:
Carl June, Merion Station, PA (US);
James Riley, Downingtown, PA (US);
Marcela Maus, Wynnewood, PA (US);
Anna Thomas, Bergisch Gladbach, DE;
Assignee:
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/02 (2006.01); C12N 5/06 (2006.01); C12N 15/00 (2006.01); C12N 15/63 (2006.01); C07K 16/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates generally to methods for activating and expanding cells, and more particularly, to a novel method to activate and/or stimulate cells using an engineered multivalent signaling platform. Compositions of cells activated and expanded by the methods herein are further provided.