US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California on July 22 for "Methods for generating skeletal muscle progenitor cells" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,875, issued on July 22, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Methods for generating skeletal muscle progenitor cells" was invented by April D. Pyle (Los Angeles) and Michael R. Hicks (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides methods of generating skeletal muscle progenitor cells (SMPCs). The present disclosure provides methods of generating immature SMPCs and multinucleated muscle cells, and matured SMPCs and multinucleated muscle cells. The present disclosure provides engraftment methods and treatment methods, involving generating SMPCs and introducing the ...