US Patent Issued to Ramot at Tel-Aviv University on Dec. 2 for "Three-dimensional tumor models, methods of manufacturing same and uses thereof" (Israeli Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,494, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Ramot at Tel-Aviv University Ltd. (Tel-Aviv, Israel).

"Three-dimensional tumor models, methods of manufacturing same and uses thereof" was invented by Ronit Satchi-Fainaro (Tel-Aviv, Israel), Lena Neufeld (Tel-Aviv, Israel), Galia Tiram (Tel-Aviv, Israel) and Dikla Ben-Shushan (Tel-Aviv, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A three dimensional (3D) model of a tumor made of a synthetic material and a plurality of cell types, including malignant cells and non-malignant cells of the tumor, having a full HLA match, such that the synthetic material and the plurality of cell types are arranged in high...