US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California on Sept. 9 for "Compositions and methods for treating retinal diseases" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,399, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Compositions and methods for treating retinal diseases" was invented by Henry Klassen (Irvine, Calif.) and Jing Yang (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for treating, ameliorating or preventing a retinal disease or condition; improving a photopic (day light) vision; for improving correcting visual acuity, improving macular function, improving a visual field, or improving scotopic (night) vision by administration of retinal progenitor cells. The subject matter described herei...