ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,394, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION (Seoul, South Korea).

"Composition for enhancing reprogramming efficiency from somatic cell to induced pluripotent stem cell, comprising mTOR activator, and method for enhancing reprogramming efficiency by using same" was invented by Byung Soo Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Seung Jin Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a composition for enhancing reprogramming efficiency from somatic cells to induced pluripotent stem cells, comprising an mTOR activator, and a method for enhancing reprogramming effi...