INTERNATIONAL PATENT: THE KITASATO INSTITUTE, 学校法人北里研究所 FILES APPLICATION FOR "GENETICALLY MODIFIED MAMMALIAN CELL HAVING SUSCEPTIBILITY TO HUMAN SAPOVIRUS INFECTION, GENETICALLY MODIFIED MAMMAL HAVING SAID CELL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING HUMAN SAPOVIRUS, METHOD FOR IMPARTING INFECTION SUSCEPTIBILITY AND SCREENING METHOD USING SAID CELL OR MAMMAL"

GENEVA, Feb. 17 -- THE KITASATO INSTITUTE (9-1, Shirokane 5-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo1088641), 学校法人北里研究所 (東京都港区白金５丁目９番１号) filed a patent application (PCT/JP2025/027551) for "GENETICALLY MODIFIED MAMMALIAN CELL HAVING SUSCEPTIBILITY TO HUMAN SAPOVIRUS INFECTION, GENETICALLY MODIFIED MAMMAL HAVING SAID CELL, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING HUMAN SAPOVIRUS, METHOD FOR IMPARTING INFECTION SUSCEPTIBILITY, AND SCREENING METHOD USING SAID CELL OR MAMMAL" on Aug 04, 2025. With publication no. WO/2026/034436, the details related to the patent application was published on Feb 12, 2026.

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