US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California on Sept. 29 for "Compositions and methods for reprogramming age-restricted non-neuronal cells" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,438, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Compositions and methods for reprogramming age-restricted non-neuronal cells" was invented by Xiang-Dong Fu (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.) and Hao Qian (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are compositions and methods for reprogramming a non-neuronal cell to a neuron. Aspects of the present disclosure relate to compositions and methods for transdifferentiating an age-restricted non-neuronal cell into a neuron. Also provided herein is a method of treating neurodegenerative disease by reprogramming region or anatomy...