US Patent Issued to Public University Corporation Yokohama City University, Takeda Pharmaceutical on Sept. 30 for "Matrix composition" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,615, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Public University Corporation Yokohama City University (Kanagawa, Japan) and Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Matrix composition" was invented by Takanori Takebe (Tokyo) and Norikazu Saiki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides means for producing an organoid close to an organ in a living body and capable of secretion of a plasma protein and immune response. A matrix composition of the present invention provided as such means includes: (1) a first matrix containing one or more cells selected from the group consisting of vascular cells, nerve cells,...