US Patent Issued to Kyoto University on Dec. 9 for "Stepwise method of producing various types of cells from pluripotent stem cells" (Japanese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,378, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Kyoto University (Kyoto, Japan).

"Stepwise method of producing various types of cells from pluripotent stem cells" was invented by Makoto Ikeya (Kyoto, Japan) and Taiki Nakajima (Brookline, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a method of producing a somite cell from a pluripotent stem cell, comprising the step of culturing a pluripotent stem cell in a medium comprising a GSK3Beta inhibitor. Provided is a method of producing a dermatome cell from a somite cell, comprising the step of culturing a somite cell in a medium comprising a GSK3Beta inhibitor and BMP. Provided is a method of p...