US Patent Issued to Kyoto University on Nov. 11 for "Nuclear reprogramming factor and induced pluripotent stem cells" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,863, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Kyoto University (Kyoto, Japan).

"Nuclear reprogramming factor and induced pluripotent stem cells" was invented by Shinya Yamanaka (Kyoto, Japan), Kazutoshi Takahashi (Kyoto, Japan) and Masato Nakagawa (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A recombinant vector for producing an induced pluripotent stem cell, including an Oct family gene, a Klf family gene, and a Myc family gene, wherein the genes are inserted in the vector and an induced pluripotent stem cell including the recombinant vector. Also disclosed is a method for preparing a recombinant vector for producing an induced pluripoten...