Abstract: Compositions and methods for promoting adult mammalian cardiomyocytes processes and systems for enhancing cardiomyocyte regeneration are described. The invention relates to locally administering a therapeutic agent containing a modified messenger RNA for expressing a mutated serum response factor polypeptide and a modified messenger RNA for expressing a mutated YAP polypeptide into diseased heart muscle to promote cardiomyocyte proliferation and cardiac regeneration.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 8, 2020
Date of Patent:
November 23, 2021
Assignee:
ANIMATUS BIOSCIENCES, LLC
Inventors:
Robert Schwartz, Dinakar Iyer, Siyu Xiao