ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,325, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Ohio State Innovation Foundation (Columbus, Ohio) and UMIP The University of Manchester Intellectual Property (Manchester, Great Britain).

"Compositions and methods for reprogramming diseased musculoskeletal cells" was invented by Devina Walter (Columbus, Ohio), Shirley Tang (Groveport, Ohio), Judith Hoyland (Glossop, Great Britain), Safdar Khan (Columbus, Ohio), Benjamin Walter (Columbus, Ohio), Daniel Gallego-Perez (Columbus, Ohio) and Natalia Higuita-Castro (Columbus, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for reprogramming diseased musculoskeletal ...