US Patent Issued to The Johns Hopkins University on Dec. 16 for "Use of itaconate and its derivatives/analogues to induce hair growth" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,284, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore).

"Use of itaconate and its derivatives/analogues to induce hair growth" was invented by Luis Garza (Baltimore), Mohameed Islam (Baltimore), Barbara Slusher (Baltimore) and Rana Rais (Baltimore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for the use of prodrugs of itaconic acid and 1- and 4-methyl itaconic acid for inducing hair growth and treating an inflammatory, or immune activation (adaptive or innate), skin condition or other condition associated with hair loss are disclosed."

The patent was filed on July 19, 2024, under Application No. 18/777,896.

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