ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,213, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to HAIKOU RENSHU DERMATOLOGY CLINIC Co. LTD (China).
"Technical method for treating vitiligo through hair follicle melanocyte stem cell transplantation" was invented by Jingwei Liu (Haikou, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure discloses a technical method for treating vitiligo through hair follicle melanocyte stem cell transplantation. The technical method comprises the following steps: extraction of hair follicles; separation of hair follicles; in-vitro culture of hair follicle melanocyte stem cells; inactivation of hair follicles; and transplantation of hair follicle melanoc...