US Patent Issued to North Carolina State University on Feb. 10 for "Compositions and methods for derivation of trophoblast stem cells" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,890, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to North Carolina State University (Raleigh, N.C.).

"Compositions and methods for derivation of trophoblast stem cells" was invented by Balaji Rao (Raleigh, N.C.) and Adam Mischler (Raleigh, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides compositions and methods related to the derivation of trophoblast stem cells. In particular, the present disclosure provides novel formulations and methods for deriving and maintaining trophoblast stem cells from human pluripotent stem cells, which can be used for basic research purposes as well as for developing treatments for pregnancy-assoc...