ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,725, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (Taipei, Taiwan).

"Formulation comprising extracellular vesicles, method for producing the same, and uses thereof" was invented by Kuen-Der Yang (Taichung, Taiwan), Yeou-Ping Tsao (Taipei, Taiwan) and Chie-Pein Chen (Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a formulation comprising an extracellular vesicle (EV), and a therapeutic active agent induced or embedded in the EV. According to preferred embodiments of the present disclosure, the EV is isolated from umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells, and the active agent may be a growth factor, an im...