US Patent Issued to Duke University on Dec. 9 for "Methods of assessing and treating autism spectrum disorders using human umbilical cord tissue-derived mesenchymal stromal cells" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,210, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Duke University (Durham, N.C.).

"Methods of assessing and treating autism spectrum disorders using human umbilical cord tissue-derived mesenchymal stromal cells" was invented by Joanne Kurtzberg (Durham, N.C.), Geraldine Dawson (Durham, N.C.) and Jessica Sun (Durham, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides methods of treating Autism Spectrum Disorder. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to methods of using cord blood tissue-derived mesenchymal stromal cells (hCT-MSCs) to treat Autism Spectrum Disorder. The methods involve treating a patient having or susp...