US Patent Issued to EMORY UNIVERSITY, The UAB Research Foundation, INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY on July 1 for "Method of producing stem cell-derived endothelial cells and uses thereof" (Georgia, Alabama Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,863, issued on July 1, was assigned to EMORY UNIVERSITY (Atlanta), The UAB Research Foundation (Birmingham, Ala.) and INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method of producing stem cell-derived endothelial cells and uses thereof" was invented by Young-Sup Yoon (Atlanta), Shin-Jeong Lee (Decatur, Ga.) and Ho-Wook Jun (Hoover, Ala.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to methods of generating endothelial cells derived from stem cells. In certain embodiments, the cells are useful for inducing vasculature in muscles and cardiac tissue. In certain embodiments, the disclosure re...