US Patent Issued to CHUGAI SEIYAKU on March 18 for "Anti-myostatin antibodies and methods of use" (Singaporean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,532, issued on March 18, was assigned to CHUGAI SEIYAKU K.K. (Tokyo).

"Anti-myostatin antibodies and methods of use" was invented by Yoshinao Ruike (Singapore) and Taichi Kuramochi (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides anti-myostatin antibodies and methods of using the same. In some embodiments, an isolated anti-myostatin antibody of the present invention binds to mature myostatin, and uptake of the antibody into cells is enhanced when complexed with the antigen. The invention also provides isolated nucleic acids encoding an anti-myostatin antibody of the present invention. The invention also provides host...