ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,179, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to PROKIDNEY (Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands).

"Compositions comprising cell-delivered vesicles and uses thereof" was invented by Timothy A. Bertram (George Town, Cayman Islands) and Deepak Jain (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are, inter alia, extracellular products (e.g., vesicles such as microvesicles, e.g., exosomes) produced by renal cells (such as bioactive renal cells, e.g., selected renal cells). Methods of altering components (such as miRNAs or proteins) of vesicles produced by cells, as well as methods of producing vesicles comprising various compounds ar...