USPTO Patent Application: Neuron Generation from Pluripotent Stem Cells

This document is a USPTO patent application (US20260079153A1) filed on November 26, 2025, concerning methods for generating mature neurons from pluripotent stem cells. The core of the invention involves overexpressing the splicing factor muscleblind like splicing regulator 2 (Mbnl2) in cortical neurons, potentially alongside overexpressing RNA binding fox-1 homolog 1 (Rbfox1) and/or reducing polypyrimidine tract binding proteins PTBP1/2. The application aims to facilitate the study of late-onset neurodegenerative diseases, such as tau pathology models, and includes methods for accelerated derivation of mature neurons.

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