US Patent Issued to Korea University Research and Business Foundation on Oct. 7 for "Expansion culture method for human-derived natural killer cells by using HDAC inhibitor" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,310, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Korea University Research and Business Foundation (Seoul, South Korea).

"Expansion culture method for human-derived natural killer cells by using HDAC inhibitor" was invented by Kyung-Mi Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Seon Ah Lim (Seoul, South Korea) and Cassian Yee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an expansion culture method for natural killer cells and, more particularly, to an expansion culture method for natural killer cells, wherein the cultured natural killer cells are treated with an HDAC inhibitor. According to the present invention, when natu...