ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,918, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Technion Research & Development Foundation Ltd. (Haifa, Israel).
"Media for culturing stem cells" was invented by Michal Amit (Yuvalim, Israel) and Joseph Itskovitz-Eldor (Haifa, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Well-defined, xeno-free culture media which comprise a TGF-beta isoform or the chimera formed between IL6 and the soluble IL6 receptor (IL6RIL6), which are capable of maintaining stem cells, and particularly, human embryonic stem cells, in an undifferentiated state are provided. Also provided are cell cultures comprising the culture media and the stem cells and methods of expanding...