US Patent Issued to Northeastern University on Feb. 17 for "Differentiation of olfactory mucosa derived mesenchymal stem cells to schwann cells for peripheral nerve repair" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,506, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Northeastern University (Boston).

"Differentiation of olfactory mucosa derived mesenchymal stem cells to schwann cells for peripheral nerve repair" was invented by Ryan A. Koppes (Charlestown, Mass.), Katelyn E. Neuman (Boston), Abigail N. Koppes (Charlestown, Mass.) and Aidan Kenny (Boston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are, in various embodiments, methods and compositions for differentiating olfactory mucosa-derived mesenchymal stem cells (OM-MSC). In certain embodiments, the disclosure provides for media to differentiate OM-MSCs. In still further embodiments, the disclosure p...