--Notice of allowance will be the fourth U.S. patent granted under Company’s ThermoStem® program targeting obesity and metabolic disorders, including type 2 diabetes--
MELVILLE, N.Y., Dec. 12, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BioRestorative Therapies, Inc. (“BioRestorative”, “BRTX” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ:BRTX), a clinical stage company focused on stem cell-based therapies, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued a notice of allowance for a patent application related to the Company’s metabolic ThermoStem® program. The notice of allowance was issued on October 26, 2023. The application is scheduled to issue as U.S. Patent No. 11,851,682 on December 26, 2023.
This will be the fourth U.S. patent granted under this particular patent family. Claims granted under the new patent cover methods of using differentiated human brown fat adipocytes as a platform to screen and identify compounds that can activate and regulate metabolic activity. These compounds, if discovered to provide metabolic benefits, can then be further developed into drugs targeting weight loss. Therapeutic benefits of using activated brown adipose have been demonstrated in various models and may provide a valuable therapeutic tool for treating a range of metabolic disorders. For example, studies have shown that GLP-based therapeutics interact with brown adipose tissue.
“This notice of allowance is an important milestone as it provides us with tools that can be used as a platform to screen large libraries of compounds targeting metabolic disorders such as obesity,” said Lance Alstodt, the Company’s CEO. “The prevalence of developmental pipelines targeting obesity has increased substantially over the past year. As a result there is a need for more advanced targeted and precise tools and methods for identifying such compounds. This notice of allowance will afford us the protections necessary to allocate resources to develop these extremely valuable tools.”
About BioRestorative Therapies, Inc.
BioRestorative Therapies, Inc. (www.biorestorative.com) develops therapeutic products using cell and tissue protocols, primarily involving adult stem cells. Our two core programs, as described below, relate to the treatment of disc/spine disease and metabolic disorders:
• Disc/Spine Program (brtxDISC™): Our lead cell therapy candidate, BRTX-100, is a product formulated from autologous (or a person’s own) cultured mesenchymal stem cells collected from the patient’s bone marrow. We intend that the product will be used for the non-surgical treatment of painful lumbosacral disc disorders or as a complementary therapeutic to a surgical procedure. The BRTX-100 production process utilizes proprietary technology and involves collecting a patient’s bone marrow, isolating and culturing stem cells from the bone marrow and cryopreserving the cells. In an outpatient procedure, BRTX-100 is to be injected by a physician into the patient’s damaged disc. The treatment is intended for patients whose pain has not been alleviated by non-invasive procedures and who potentially face the prospect of surgery. We have commenced a Phase 2 clinical trial using BRTX-100 to treat chronic lower back pain arising from degenerative disc disease.
• Metabolic Program (ThermoStem®): We are developing a cell-based therapy candidate to target obesity and metabolic disorders using brown adipose (fat) derived stem cells to generate brown adipose tissue (“BAT”). BAT is intended to mimic naturally occurring brown adipose depots that regulate metabolic homeostasis in humans. Initial preclinical research indicates that increased amounts of brown fat in animals may be responsible for additional caloric burning as well as reduced glucose and lipid levels. Researchers have found that people with higher levels of brown fat may have a reduced risk for obesity and diabetes.
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