US Patent Issued to Sorbonne Universite, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM) on Dec. 16 for "Compositions and methods for efficient amplification of retinal progenitors cells" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,591, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Sorbonne Universite (Paris), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (Paris) and Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM) (Paris).

"Compositions and methods for efficient amplification of retinal progenitors cells" was invented by Sacha Reichman (Paris), Olivier Goureau (Paris) and Jose-Alain Sahel (Paris).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure pertains to a defined cell culture medium for the expansion of human retinal progenitors, comprising or consisting of a nutrient medium, a SHH-pathway activator and a GSK3 inhibitor. To the use of the defined cell cul...