US Patent Issued to University of Delaware, Iowa State University Research Foundation on July 29 for "Extracellular vesicles as biomarkers and therapeutics for neuromuscular disorders" (Pennsylvania, Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,653, issued on July 29, was assigned to University of Delaware (Newark, Del.) and Iowa State University Research Foundation Inc. (Ames, Iowa).

"Extracellular vesicles as biomarkers and therapeutics for neuromuscular disorders" was invented by Matthew B. Hudson (Media, Pa.) and Joshua T. Selsby (Ames, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates to extracellular vesicles and method of isolated tissue-specific extracellular vesicles from bodily fluids. The invention further relates to methods of using extracellular vesicles for diagnostic applications for detecting and monitoring diseases, conditions, and damage in a subj...