US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of Michigan on Feb. 10 for "Apoptosis-mimicking structures for inducing tissue regeneration" (Michigan, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,393, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

"Apoptosis-mimicking structures for inducing tissue regeneration" was invented by Peter X. Ma (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Laurie K. McCauley (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Ming Dang (Maple Grove, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apoptosis-mimicking structure includes a polymeric core. The polymeric core includes a polymer backbone. The polymer backbone includes or is modified with a functional group to directly or indirectly bond to an eat me signaling molecule. An eat me signaling molecule is bonded directly or indirectly to the functional g...