US Patent Issued to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation on Nov. 11 for "Structured nanocoatings for the stabilization of pluripotent stem cell media components" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,573, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wis.).

"Structured nanocoatings for the stabilization of pluripotent stem cell media components" was invented by William L. Murphy (Waunakee, Wis.), Andrew Khalil (Madison, Wis.), Angela Xie (Middleton, Wis.) and Hunter Johnson (Brooklyn, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are compositions and methods for pluripotent stem cell culture. Compositions include mineral coated microparticles having a core and a mineral coating, wherein the mineral coating includes fibroblast growth factor. Also disclosed are methods for pluripotent stem cell c...