MELVILLE, N.Y., Oct. 23, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BioRestorative Therapies, Inc. (the “Company") (OTC: BRTX), a life sciences company focused on stem cell-based therapies, today announced that the Australia Patent Office has issued a Certificate of Grant for the Company’s patent application titled “Human Brown Adipose Derived Stem Cells and Uses.”
This is the second patent issued for the Company’s brown fat technology in Australia and adds to three other patents related to BioRestorative’s metabolic program (ThermoStem® Program) that have previously been issued to the Company in the United States and other countries.
This patent will allow for the protection of a specific isolated human brown adipose tissue stem cell line capable of differentiating into multiple cell types. This particular cell line possesses strong characteristics applicable for potential therapeutic uses for treating a wide range of degenerative and metabolic disorders, including diabetes, hypertension, cardiac deficiency and obesity.
“This patent, granted by the Australian Patent Office for our metabolic program, adds to our growing family of IP surrounding and protecting our brown fat metabolic cell program,” said Mark Weinreb, CEO of BioRestorative Therapies. “In particular, our invention relates to an isolated brown fat stem cell line that we expect to be used in our development of cell-based therapies to treat metabolic disorders.”
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. 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 received authorization from the Food and Drug Administration to commence a Phase 2 clinical trial using BRTX-100 to treat persistent lower back pain due to painful degenerative discs.
• Metabolic Program (ThermoStem®): We are developing a cell-based therapy 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 the body 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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