US Patent Issued to NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KOBE UNIVERSITY on July 8 for "Method for maintaining and amplifying colon cancer stem cells and method for inducing colon cancer organoid" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,830, issued on July 8, was assigned to NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KOBE UNIVERSITY (Kobe, Japan).

"Method for maintaining and amplifying colon cancer stem cells and method for inducing colon cancer organoid" was invented by Takashi Aoi (Kobe, Japan), Ryo Ishida (Kobe, Japan), Michiyo Aoi (Kobe, Japan) and Yoshihiro Kakeji (Kobe, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a method for maintenance and expansion of a colon cancer stem cell or induction of a colon cancer organoid. In addition, the present invention provides a medicament screening system using a colon cancer stem cell maintained and expanded or...