US Patent Issued to Aspen Neuroscience on Sept. 15 for "Methods of differentiating neural cells and related compositions and methods of use" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,196, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Aspen Neuroscience Inc. (San Diego).

"Methods of differentiating neural cells and related compositions and methods of use" was invented by Andres Bratt-Leal (San Diego), Jeanne Loring (Del Mar, Calif.), Ha Tran (San Diego), Roy Williams (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.) and Jim Mossman (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides methods of lineage specific differentiation of pluripotent stem cells, including induced pluripotent stem cells, into floor plate midbrain progenitor cells, determined dopamine (DA) neuron progenitor cells, and/or DA neurons. Also provided are co...