US Patent Issued to Scholar Rock on Oct. 28 for "Compositions and methods for growth factor modulation" (Massachusetts, Maine Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,570, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Scholar Rock Inc. (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Compositions and methods for growth factor modulation" was invented by Thomas Schurpf (Cambridge, Mass.), Nagesh K. Mahanthappa (Cambridge, Mass.) and Michelle Straub (Yarmouth, Maine).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are proteins, antibodies, assays and methods useful for modulating growth factor levels and/or activities. In some embodiments, such growth factors are members of the TGF-Beta superfamily of proteins."

The patent was filed on Oct. 17, 2023, under Application No. 18/488,265.

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