US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California on Feb. 18 for "Compositions and methods for modulating hair growth" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,503, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Compositions and methods for modulating hair growth" was invented by William E. Lowry (Los Angeles), Michael E. Jung (Los Angeles), Heather R. Christofk (Los Angeles), Xiaoguang Liu (Santa Monica, Calif.) and Aimee Flores (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to compounds that are capable of inhibiting the mitochondrial pyruvate carrier and promoting hair growth. The disclosure further relates to methods of promoting hair growth or treating conditions or disorders affecting hair growth, such as ...