SpinalCyte earned an Australian patent titled, "Methods And Compositions For Repair of Cartilage Using An In Vivo Bioreactor."
Here are three highlights:
1. The patent is for chondrocyte or like cell production to leverage "fibroblasts in vivo with mechanical stress and low oxygen tension."
2. SpinalCyte is a tissue engineering technology company developing products to re-grow the spinal disc nucleus with human dermal fibroblasts.
3. The company now has 24 U.S. and foreign patents, with 45 pending patents.
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