US Patent Issued to Bit Bio on Sept. 9 for "Method of generating hepatic cells" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,406, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Bit Bio Ltd. (Cambridge, Great Britain).

"Method of generating hepatic cells" was invented by Tuzer Kalkan (Cambridge, Great Britain), Thomas Pierre Michel Moreau (Cambridge, Great Britain), Carl Ward (Birmingham, Great Britain), Tildon Grant Belgard (Niceville, Fla.) and Fabian Bachinger (Cambridge, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to methods of generating hepatic cells by overexpressing combinations of transcription factors, in particular for use in cellular reprogramming methods."

The patent was filed on Feb. 7, 2022, under Application No. 17/666,334.

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