US Patent Issued to CHONNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL on Nov. 11 for "Method of differentiating mesenchymal stem cells into cardiomyocytes" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,035, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to CHONNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL (Gwangju, South Korea).

"Method of differentiating mesenchymal stem cells into cardiomyocytes" was invented by Youngkeun Ahn (Gwangju, South Korea), Yong Sook Kim (Gwangju, South Korea), Hye Jin Kang (Gwangju, South Korea) and Dong Im Cho (Gwangju, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method of differentiating mesenchymal stem cells into cardiomyocytes. When the method of the present invention is used, cardiomyocytes may be obtained from mesenchymal stem cells with high efficiency. Therefore, the method of the present...