MELVILLE, N.Y., Dec. 12, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BioRestorative Therapies, Inc. (BioRestorative or the Company) (BRTX), a life sciences company focused on stem cell-based therapies, today announced that the Israeli Patent Office has issued BioRestorative a Notice of Allowance on its patent application for a method of generating brown fat stem cells. This is the eighth patent issued, in the United States and other countries, for the Companys brown fat technology related to BioRestoratives metabolic program (ThermoStem Program).

Once issued in Israel, the final patent will allow for a method of isolating and differentiating a non-embryonic human brown adipose-derived stem cell into functional human brown adipocytes and a method of identifying compounds that modifies metabolic activity of human brown adipocytes. The technology is applicable for potential therapeutic uses for treating a wide range of degenerative and metabolic disorders, including but not limited to diabetes, obesity, hypertension and cardiac deficiency.

We continue to drive innovative and novel technology focusing on transformative therapies for our brown fat program, said Mark Weinreb, CEO of BioRestorative Therapies. We are pleased to add to our intellectual property library this recently issued patent by the Israeli Patent Office for our metabolic program to help power disruptive ways 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:

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