ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,384, issued on June 23, was assigned to The J. David Gladstone Institutes, a testamentary trust established under the Will of J. David Gladstone (San Francisco).

"Methods for inducing cell division of postmitotic cells" was invented by Tamer M. A. Mohamed (San Francisco) and Deepak Srivastava (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides methods for inducing cell cycle reentry of postmitotic cell. The present disclosure further provides cells and compositions for treating diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases, neural disorders, hearing loss, and diabetes."

The patent was filed on Nov. 29, 2022, un...