US Patent Issued to MaineHealth on May 27 for "Methods, compositions, and kits for producing beige adipocytes and treating metabolic disorders" (Maine Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,599, issued on May 27, was assigned to MaineHealth (Scarborough, Maine).

"Methods, compositions, and kits for producing beige adipocytes and treating metabolic disorders" was invented by Aaron C. Brown (Portland, Maine).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are, inter alia, methods, compositions, and kits for producing adipocyte populations such as beige adipocyte populations. Also included are methods and compositions for increasing the level of adipocyte populations (e.g., beige adipocyte populations) in a subject, as well as methods and compositions for treating subjects who are overweight, obese, or who have diabetes."

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