ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,029, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Life Technologies Corp. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Cell culture medium comprising small peptides" was invented by Shawn Barrett (Norfolk, Mass.) and Scott Jacobia (East Amherst, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Cell culture media, concentrated media and feeds, methods of manufacturing cell culture media and feeds, and methods of culturing cells are provided. One or more small peptides, including dipeptides are added to the cell culture media to provide improved stability and improved conditions for culturing cells."

The patent was filed on June 26, 2023, under Application No. 18/341,636.

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