US Patent Issued to NICHIA on March 31 for "Method of inducing expression of calcium channel and/or calcium pump, and apparatus therefor" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,291, issued on March 31, was assigned to NICHIA Corp. (Anan, Japan).

"Method of inducing expression of calcium channel and/or calcium pump, and apparatus therefor" was invented by Shinpei Kawarai (Sagamihara, Japan), Atsushi Tsukamoto (Sagamihara, Japan), Yasuo Fujikawa (Yokohama, Japan) and Tomohiro Tsurumoto (Yokohama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of inducing expression of a calcium channel and/or a calcium pump in a cell includes: irradiating the cell with light in a wavelength range of 315-325 nm. The calcium channel and/or the calcium pump is/are at least one selected from the group consisting of dihydropyridin...