US Patent Issued to Agency for Science, Technology and Research on Sept. 23 for "Method of stimulating proliferation of a cell" (Singaporean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,515, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Agency for Science, Technology and Research (Singapore).

"Method of stimulating proliferation of a cell" was invented by Torsten Wuestefeld (Singapore) and Viktoriia Iakovleva (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of treating and preventing diseases associated with fibrosis are disclosed, as well as agents for use in such methods. The methods comprise inhibiting at least one of ITFG1, MFAP4, GRHPR, ABCC4, PAK3, TRNP1, APLN, KIF20A, and/or LTB. In one embodiment, the disease is a liver disease or condition. Also disclosed are methods of promoting regeneration of cells, such as hepa...