US Patent Issued to Emory University on May 13 for "Inducing proliferation of cardiomyocytes and therapeutic uses related thereto" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,930, issued on May 13, was assigned to Emory University (Atlanta).

"Inducing proliferation of cardiomyocytes and therapeutic uses related thereto" was invented by Nawazish Naqvi (Lilburn, Ga.) and Ahsan Husain (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to methods of treating or preventing heart malformations or cardiovascular diseases comprising administering an effective amount of thyroid hormone in combination with i) an agent that decreases DUSP5 and/or DUSP6 expression and/or ii) a beta-adrenergic blocking agent to a subject in need thereof. In certain embodiments, this disclosure relates to in vivo and in vi...