US Patent Issued to Children's Hospital Medical Center on Jan. 27 for "Shaped organoid compositions and methods of making same" (American, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,709, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Children's Hospital Medical Center (Cincinnati).

"Shaped organoid compositions and methods of making same" was invented by Michael A. Helmrath (Cincinatti, Ohio), Maxime Mickael Mahe (Reze, France) and Holly M. Poling (Cincinatti, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are organoid compositions that are manipulated to form shaped or elongated morphologies that more closely resemble native organ structures. These shaped organoids are advantageous for purposes such as studying organellar organization and for transplants compared to unformed organoids. Also disclosed herein are metho...