US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California on Sept. 9 for "Methods of human retinal progenitor cell isolation and culture" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,398, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Methods of human retinal progenitor cell isolation and culture" was invented by Jing Yang (Irvine, Calif.) and Henry Klassen (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 patent was filed on ...