US Patent Issued to DSM IP Assets on April 29 for "Enhancing formation of milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) by modifying lactose import in the cell" (Danish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,658, issued on April 29, was assigned to DSM IP Assets B.V. (Heerlen, Denmark).

"Enhancing formation of milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) by modifying lactose import in the cell" was invented by Manos Papadakis (Horsholm, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates to a method of producing one or more human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs), in particular LNT and/or LNnT, in a genetically engineered cell comprising an enhanced oligosaccharide transport capability. The genetically modified cell comprises a series of genetic modification which enable the production of one or more HMO(s), and a series of genetic modification that...