ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,578, issued on March 25, was assigned to JUNTENDO EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION (Bunkyo-ku, Japan).

"Agent for accelerating maturation or aging of cells" was invented by Wado Akamatsu (Bunkyo-ku, Japan), Takahiro Shiga (Bunkyo-ku, Japan), Naoko Kuzumaki (Shinagawa-ku, Japan) and Hideyuki Okano (Shinjuku-ku, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an agent for accelerating maturation or aging of cells. An agent for accelerating maturation or aging of cells, comprising KU-60019 as an active ingredient."

The patent was filed on Oct. 11, 2019, under Application No. 16/600,117.

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