US Patent Issued to INSERM (INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE), UNIVERSITE DE RENNES 1, ECOLE DES HAUTES ETUDES EN SANTE PUBLIQUE (EHESP) on March 31 for "Method of culturing immortalized human hepatic progenitors or cells" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,296, issued on March 31, was assigned to INSERM (INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE) (Paris), UNIVERSITE DE RENNES 1 (Rennes, France) and ECOLE DES HAUTES ETUDES EN SANTE PUBLIQUE (EHESP) (Rennes, France).

"Method of culturing immortalized human hepatic progenitors or cells" was invented by Georges Baffet (Le Rheu, France), Marie Cuvellier (Rennes, France), Frederic Ezan (Rennes, France) and Sophie Rose (Rennes, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of obtaining 3D cell structures including differentiated human hepatic cells. The method includes: a first step of culturing stem cell-derived or immortal...