US Patent Issued to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY-JONESBORO, Worcester Polytechnic Institute on April 22 for "Functionalization of plant tissues for human cell expansion" (Wisconsin, Massachusetts, California, Arkansas, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,177, issued on April 22, was assigned to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wis.), ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY-JONESBORO (State University, Ark.) and Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Worcester, Mass.).

"Functionalization of plant tissues for human cell expansion" was invented by William L. Murphy (Waunakee, Wis.), Gianluca Fontana (Matera, Wis.), Joshua Gershlak (Melrose, Mass.), Glenn Gaudette (Holden, Mass.), Pam Weathers (Stow, Mass.), Tanja Dominko (Verona, Mass.), Marsha Rolle (Worchester, Mass.), Sarah Hernandez (Carver, Mass.), Carol Cramer (Jonesboro, Ark.), Luis Fabircio Medina-Bolivar (Memphis, Tenn.) and Bernard Binder (Pleasant Hill, Calif.).

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