US Patent Issued to University of Rochester on March 3 for "MicroRNA-mediated methods for rejuvenating CNS glial populations" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,648, issued on March 3, was assigned to University of Rochester (Rochester, N.Y.).

"MicroRNA-mediated methods for rejuvenating CNS glial populations" was invented by Steven A. Goldman (Webster, N.Y.) and John N. Mariani (Rochester, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of inducing rejuvenation in a population of adult glial progenitor cells, and methods of treating a subject having a myelin deficiency are disclosed in this patent application. The method of inducing rejuvenation in a population of adult glial progenitor cells, may comprise: administering, to the population of adult glial progenitor cells, one or more nucleic aci...