US Patent Issued to The J. David Gladstone Institutes on Nov. 4 for "Modified mitochondrion and methods of use thereof" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,230, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to The J. David Gladstone Institutes (San Francisco).

"Modified mitochondrion and methods of use thereof" was invented by Seth Shipman (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and compositions for introducing an exogenous mitochondrion harvested from a donor cell into a recipient cell are provided. Also provided are methods and compositions for producing a modified mitochondrion and treating mitochondrial disease in an individual with the mitochondrial disease. Further provided are modified mitochondria, genetically modified mitochondria, genetically modified cells, isolated composition...