ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,711, issued on July 21, was assigned to Wake Forest University Health Sciences (Winston-Salem, N.C.).
"Formulations for pancreatic islet encapsulation" was invented by Emmanuel C. Opara (Durham, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein according to embodiments of the present invention is a microcapsule comprising: (a) one or more live mammalian pancreatic islet cells; and (b) an alginate composition encapsulating said islet cells, wherein said alginate composition comprises extracellular matrix proteins solubilized or suspended therein. Compositions comprising a plurality of the microcapsules and the use thereof in treatin...