US Patent Issued to Northwestern University on Sept. 15 for "Low-cost, thermostable, lyophilized, cell-free protein synthesis platform" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,734, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.).

"Low-cost, thermostable, lyophilized, cell-free protein synthesis platform" was invented by Michael Christopher Jewett (Evanston, Ill.) and Katherine F. Warfel (Evanston, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to stable, cost-effective, cell-free systems, compositions, methods, and kits for bio-manufacturing proteins. The systems, methods, and kits allow for cell-free bio-manufacturing of desired products in cell-free conditions, wherein the system can be stably stored or transported, in lyophilized form, at temperatures up...