ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,186, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to University of Rochester (Rochester, N.Y.).

"Method for rejuvenating glial progenitor cells and rejuvenated glial progenitor cells per se" was invented by Steven A. Goldman (Webster, N.Y.), John Mariani (Rochester, N.Y.) and Nguyen P.T. Huynh (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for rejuvenating glial progenitor cells and rejuvenated glial progenitor cells rejuvenated by such method are disclosed. The method comprises introducing a population of genetically modified glial progenitor cells into the brain and/or brain stem of a subject, wherein the genetically modified glial pro...