US Patent Issued to University of Central Florida Research Foundation, INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY SERVICES (INDICASAT) on March 17 for "Xeno-free and transgene-free reprograming of mesenchymal stem cells toward neural progenitor cells" (American, Panamanian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,532, issued on March 17, was assigned to University of Central Florida Research Foundation Inc. (Orlando, Fla.) and INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY SERVICES (INDICASAT) (City of Knowledge, Panama).

"Xeno-free and transgene-free reprograming of mesenchymal stem cells toward neural progenitor cells" was invented by Kiminobu Sugaya (Orlando, Fla.) and Luis Sebastian Alexis Valerio (La Chorrera, Panama).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are methods and materials for transdifferentiating mesenchymal stem cells into neural progenitor cells."

The patent was filed on May 26, 2020, under Application No. 17/613,...