US Patent Issued to THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY on Feb. 24 for "Controlled nutrient delivery to pancreatic islets using a novel mesoporous silica-based nanoparticle platform" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,334, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY (Stanford, Calif.).

"Controlled nutrient delivery to pancreatic islets using a novel mesoporous silica-based nanoparticle platform" was invented by Avnesh S. Thakor (Los Altos, Calif.) and Mehdi Razavi (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Nanoparticles, methods, and kits are provided for supplying nutrients and other therapeutic agents to transplanted cells. Nutrient deprivation is a significant factor which contributes to poor outcome of many cell transplants because cells receive insufficient nutrients until they are ...