US Patent Issued to Kansas State University Research Foundation on Oct. 14 for "Isolation, preservation, and expansion of canine umbilical cord mesenchymal stromal cells" (Kansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,984, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Kansas State University Research Foundation (Manhattan, Kan.).

"Isolation, preservation, and expansion of canine umbilical cord mesenchymal stromal cells" was invented by Mark L. Weiss (Manhattan, Kan.) and Adrienne Wright (Manhattan, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for improved handling of isolated canine umbilical cord mesenchymal stromal cells (UC-MSCs), including methods for expansion of canine UC-MSCs, cryopreservation and improved post-thaw viability using adherent plates, as well as standardized methods and kits for characterizing isolated canine UC-MSCs in a cell population....