ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,241,079, issued on March 4, was assigned to THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA (Philadelphia).

"Compositions and methods for hemoglobin production" was invented by Stefano Rivella (Philadelphia) and Maxwell Chappell (Philadelphia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and compositions for producing hemoglobin and treating alpha-thalassemia are disclosed."

The patent was filed on Sept. 16, 2019, under Application No. 17/272,783.

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