US Patent Issued to THE BROAD INSTITUTE, Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Sept. 23 for "Microglial progenitors for regeneration of functional microglia in the central nervous system and therapeutics uses thereof" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,915, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to THE BROAD INSTITUTE INC. (Cambridge, Mass.) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Microglial progenitors for regeneration of functional microglia in the central nervous system and therapeutics uses thereof" was invented by Feng Zhang (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the disclosure include compositions and methods for treating diseases (e.g., brain diseases) using genetic engineered cells. In some cases, the cells are engineered hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs), which are capable of engrafting to a central nervous system and differentiatin...