US Patent Issued to North Carolina State University on Nov. 3 for "Use of microneedle patch to promote hair growth" (California, North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,985, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to North Carolina State University (Raleigh, N.C.).

"Use of microneedle patch to promote hair growth" was invented by Zhen Gu (Los Angeles) and Guang Yang (Raleigh, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compositions comprising polymeric networks comprising combinations of small molecule hair growth agents and natural products (e.g., vesicles, such as stem cell-derived exosomes) are described. The polymeric network can, for example, comprise keratin crosslinked via intermolecular disulfide bonds. Alternatively, the polymeric network can comprise keratin or a derivative thereof and another crosslinked h...