US Patent Issued to Spinalcyte on Dec. 30 for "Treatment of cerebral palsy using fibroblasts" (California, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,287, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Spinalcyte LLC (Houston).

"Treatment of cerebral palsy using fibroblasts" was invented by Thomas Ichim (San Diego) and Pete O'Heeron (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some aspects, disclosed herein are methods and compositions for treatment or prevention of cerebral palsy using fibroblasts or derivatives thereof. Disclosed herein are fibroblasts and derivatives thereof capable of inducing neurogenesis and/or reducing inflammation in a subject. In some cases, the disclosed methods comprise use of conditioned fibroblasts. Fibroblasts may be conditioned with agents capable of enhancing th...