US Patent Issued to ACADEMIA SINICA on Feb. 17 for "Method to generate induced oligodendrocyte-lineage cells and treatment using such cells" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,028, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to ACADEMIA SINICA (Taipei, Taiwan).

"Method to generate induced oligodendrocyte-lineage cells and treatment using such cells" was invented by Joyce Jean Lu (Taipei, Taiwan), Hsiao-Chun Huang (Taipei, Taiwan), Pei-Lun Lai (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Chi-Hou Ng (Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention generally relates to a method for generating induced oligodendrocyte-lineage cells (induced OLGs) and treatment using such cells. The induced OLGs are useful in cell therapy, in particular for demyelinating diseases."

The patent was filed on June 14, 2019, under Application N...