US Patent Issued to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation on Nov. 3 for "Method for differentiation of brain mural cells from human pluripotent stem cells" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,190, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wis.).

"Method for differentiation of brain mural cells from human pluripotent stem cells" was invented by Eric Shusta (Madison, Wis.), Benjamin Gastfriend (Madison, Wis.) and Sean Palecek (Verona, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides in vitro methods of differentiating brain mural cells and methods of use, including use in blood brain barrier models. Suitable in vitro derived cell populations of brain mural cells are also provided."

The patent was filed on Sept. 20, 2022, under Application No. 17/933,730.

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