ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,917, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to ACESOSTEM BIOSTRATEGIES INC. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Method for isolating stem cells from human umbilical cord" was invented by Hyun Chul Jo (Seoul, South Korea) and Ah-Young Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for isolating umbilical cord-derived stem cells, and more specifically to a method for isolating a significantly large number of mesenchymal stem cells from the umbilical cord having a specified size. The method of the present invention has a great advantage in that since stem cells can be isolated from an umbilical cord t...