US Patent Issued to President and Fellows of Harvard College, Salk Institute for Biological Studies on July 7 for "Methods for treating osteoarthritis" (American, Spanish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,089, issued on July 7, was assigned to President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Mass.) and Salk Institute for Biological Studies (La Jolla, Calif.).

"Methods for treating osteoarthritis" was invented by Paloma Martinez Redondo (San Diego), Isabel Guillen-Guillen (San Diego), Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte (La Jolla, Calif.), Noah Davidsohn (Brookline, Mass.), George M. Church (Brookline, Mass.) and Pedro Guillen Garcia (Madrid).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods are provided for treating osteoarthritis by administering AlphaKlotho protein and sTGFBeta-R2 protein to a site within a mammal exhibiting symptoms of osteoarthri...