US Patent Issued to The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University on July 7 for "Hydrogel compositions and methods of use thereof" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,142, issued on July 7, was assigned to The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, Calif.).

"Hydrogel compositions and methods of use thereof" was invented by Sarah Heilshorn (Mountain View, Calif.), Riley Suhar (Redwood City, Calif.) and Daniel Hunt (Redwood City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A two-component hydrogel matrix system is provided, which system is useful in a variety of cell growth uses, including without limitation three-dimensional culture systems. The components comprise modified hyaluronic acid (HA); and modified elastin-like proteins (ELP). Variables of HELP, including for examp...