US Patent Issued to LUCA Science on April 8 for "Transplantation of mitochondria into lymphoid organ and composition therefor" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,714, issued on April 8, was assigned to LUCA Science Inc. (Chuo-ku, Japan).

"Transplantation of mitochondria into lymphoid organ and composition therefor" was invented by Masashi Suganuma (Aichi, Japan), Hideyoshi Harashima (Hokkaido, Japan), Yuma Yamada (Hokkaido, Japan), Daisuke Sasaki (Hokkaido, Japan) and Takafumi Yokota (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are a method for isolation and transplantation of intact mitochondria to a lymphoid organ (a primary lymphoid tissue or a secondary lymphoid tissue), a composition of cells prepared by using a method described herein, and a method for manufacturing cell...