ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,532,880, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Janet Anne Wade Elliott (Edmonton, Canada).
"Cryopreservation of cell monolayers" was invented by Nasim Eskandari (Edmonton, Canada), Janet Anne Wade Elliott (Edmonton, Canada), Locksley E. McGann (Edmonton, Canada), John A. Nychka (Edmonton, Canada) and Leah A. Marquez-Curtis (Edmonton, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Cryopreservation of endothelial cell monolayers is one of the major challenges in the cryopreservation of complex tissues. Human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) in suspension are available commercially and recently their post-thaw cell membrane integrity was signi...