US Patent Issued to Purdue Research Foundation on June 17 for "Method for directing cell adhesion and growth using ultrathin striped molecular films" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,281, issued on June 17, was assigned to Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Ind.).

"Method for directing cell adhesion and growth using ultrathin striped molecular films" was invented by Shelley A. Claridge (Lafayette, Ind.), Tyson C. Davis (Lafayette, Ind.), Sarah Calve (West Lafayette, Ind.), Alita Miller (West Lafayette, Ind.) and Anamika Singh (West Lafayette, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This present disclosure relates to a designed material surface mimicking properties of an extracellular matrix or matrisome, as a means for modulating cell adhesion, spreading, proliferation, differentiation, or reprogramming; and...