US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California on Oct. 6 for "Liquid crystal scaffolds and use thereof for organoid, spheroid, and 3D cellaggregate manufacturing" (California, Rhode Island, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,393, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Liquid crystal scaffolds and use thereof for organoid, spheroid, and 3D cellaggregate manufacturing" was invented by Amir Nasajpour (Los Angeles), Paul S. Weiss (Los Angeles), Ali Tamayol (Providence, R.I.) and Mohamadmahdi Samandari (New Britain, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides liquid crystals and compositions thereof (e.g., liquid crystal-based scaffolds) for manufacturing various organoids, such as tumor organoids, as well as spheroids and/or 3D cell aggregates."

The patent was filed on June 23...