US Patent Issued to Scholar Rock on March 17 for "Compositions and methods for growth factor modulation" (Massachusetts, Maine Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,296, issued on March 17, was assigned to Scholar Rock Inc. (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Compositions and methods for growth factor modulation" was invented by Thomas Schurpf (Cambridge, Mass.), Nagesh K. Mahanthappa (Cambridge, Mass.) and Michelle Marie Straub (Yarmouth, Maine).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are proteins, antibodies, assays and methods useful for modulating growth factor levels and/or activities. In some embodiments, such growth factors are members of the TGF-Beta superfamily of proteins."

The patent was filed on Jan. 7, 2020, under Application No. 16/736,207.

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