ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,655, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Arbor Life Holdings Ltd. (Thornhill, Canada).

"Botanicals as WNT/beta-catenin activators, molecular pathway regulators, tissue regenerators and health biomarker regulators" was invented by Peter R. Feldman (Thornhill, Canada), Luciano E. Marra (Toronto), Dennis M. Brown (Menlo Park, Calif.) and Deborah J. Cahan (Thornhill, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides botanicals and/or biotin or analogs thereof, that proliferate or reduce stem cell populations and activate or attenuate Wat/Beta-Catenin signaling and thus treat or prevent diseases related to signal transd...