Patents Assigned to The Sir Mortimer B. Davis-Jewish General Hospital
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Publication number: 20140155445Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the general formula (I): compositions comprising an effective amount of said compounds either alone or in combination with other chemotherapeutic agents, and methods useful for treating or preventing cancer and for inhibiting tumour tissue growth. These compounds attenuate the oxidative damage associated with increased heme-oxygenase activity and can reduce cell proliferation in transformed cells. In addition, the described compounds and compositions are useful as neuroprotectants and for treating or preventing neurodegenerative disorders and other diseases of the central nervous system.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2013Publication date: June 5, 2014Applicants: QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY AT KINGSTON, Osta Biotechnologies Inc., The Sir Mortimer B. Davis - Jewish General HospitalInventors: Ajay Gupta, Hyman M. Schipper, Moulay Alaoui-Jamali, Walter A. Szarek, Kanji Nakatsu, Jason Z. Vlahakis
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Patent number: 8513294Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the general formula (I): compositions comprising an effective amount of said compounds either alone or in combination with other chemotherapeutic agents, and methods useful for treating or preventing cancer and for inhibiting tumor tissue growth. These compounds attenuate the oxidative damage associated with increased heme-oxygenase activity and can reduce cell proliferation in transformed cells. In addition, the described compounds and compositions are useful as neuroprotectants and for treating or preventing neurodegenerative disorders and other diseases of the central nervous system.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2011Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignees: Osta Biotechnologies, Queens University at Kingston, The Sir Mortimer B. Davis-Jewish General HospitalInventors: Ajay Gupta, Hyman M. Schipper, Moulay Alaoui-Jamali, Walter A. Szarek, Kanji Nakatsu, Jason Z. Vlahakis
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Publication number: 20120020915Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the general formula (I): compositions comprising an effective amount of said compounds either alone or in combination with other chemotherapeutic agents, and methods useful for treating or preventing cancer and for inhibiting tumour tissue growth. These compounds attenuate the oxidative damage associated with increased heme-oxygenase activity and can reduce cell proliferation in transformed cells. In addition, the described compounds and compositions are useful as neuroprotectants and for treating or preventing neurodegenerative disorders and other diseases of the central nervous system.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2011Publication date: January 26, 2012Applicants: QUEENS UNIVERSITY AT KINGSTON, THE SIR MORTIMER B. DAVIS JEWISH GENERAL HOSPITAL, OSTA BIOTECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Ajay Gupta, Hyman M. Schipper, Moulay Alaoui-Jamali, Walter A. Szarek, Kanji Nakatsu, Jason Z. Vlahakis
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Patent number: 7943650Abstract: Disclosed in certain embodiments is a method of treating and/or mitigating prostate cancer, ovarian cancer, melanoma, colorectal cancer, breast cancer or lung cancer, comprising administering to an individual in need thereof a pharmaceutical composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and a compound of formula (I): where T is optionally substituted phenyl; n is 1 to 6: C represents optionally substituted carbon; and D is imidazolyl; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester of said compound.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2008Date of Patent: May 17, 2011Assignees: Osta Biotechnologies, Queen's University at Kingston, The Sir Mortimer B. Davis-Jewish General HospitalInventors: Ajay Gupta, Hyman M. Schipper, Moulay Alaoui-Jamali, Walter A. Szarek, Kanji Nakatsu, Jason Z. Vlahakis
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Publication number: 20090176831Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the general formula (I): compositions comprising an effective amount of said compounds either alone or in combination with other chemotherapeutic agents, and methods useful for treating or preventing cancer and for inhibiting tumour tissue growth. These compounds attenuate the oxidative damage associated with increased heme-oxygenase activity and can reduce cell proliferation in transformed cells. In addition, the described compounds and compositions are useful as neuroprotectants and for treating or preventing neurodegencrative disorders and other diseases of the central nervous system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2008Publication date: July 9, 2009Applicants: OSTA BIOTECHNOLOGIES, The Sir Mortimer B. Davis - Jewish General Hospital, Queen's University at KingtsonInventors: Ajay Gupta, Hyman M. Schipper, Moulay Alaoui-Jamali, Walter A. Szarek, Kanji Nakatsu, Jason Z. Vlahakis
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Patent number: 7105485Abstract: The invention relates to an improved method for predicting the onset of, diagnosing, prognosticating and/or treating dementing diseases. The method comprises determining the level of heme oxygenase-1 suppressor (HOS) activity and/or factor in tissue or body fluid obtained from a patient, and comparing said level with the corresponding level of HOS activity and/or factor in corresponding tissue or body fluid obtained from at least one control person. The tissue or body fluid is suitably blood, plasma, lymphocytes, cerebrospinal fluid, urine, saliva, epithelia or fibroblasts. The method is useful where the dementing disease is any of Alzheimer Disease, Age-Associated Cognitive Decline, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Parkinson disease with dementia, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Vascular (i.e.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2001Date of Patent: September 12, 2006Assignees: The Sir Mortimer B. Davis - Jewish General HospitalInventor: Hyman M. Schipper
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Publication number: 20040265886Abstract: Microarray technology is a fast-growing field of biomedical research, aiming to investigate changes in molecular features of hundreds of genes. The multiple parallel processing of information generated from matrices of huge numbers of loci on a solid substrate has allowed the gathering of gene signatures defining specific biological states. A new approach has been developed to facilitate this process wherein genes of the same regulatory modality are selected. The transcriptional regulation of these genes is related to the same control element, the E-box, defined by the sequence CACGTG. PCR products of selected regions of all known genes either binding to this sequence or whose expression is dependent on this binding, as well as genes interacting with E-box-binding genes and control genes, are arrayed on a nylon membrane or other appropriate microchip susbstrate, which is then used as an E-box-specific microarray.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2004Publication date: December 30, 2004Applicant: Sir Mortimer B. Davis - Jewish General HospitalInventor: Eugenia Wang
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Patent number: 6759197Abstract: Microarray technology is a fast-growing field of biomedical research, aiming to investigate changes in molecular features of hundreds of genes. The multiple parallel processing of information generated from matrices of huge numbers of loci on a solid substrate has allowed the gathering of gene signatures defining specific biological states. A new approach has been developed to facilitate this process wherein genes of the same regulatory modality are selected. The transcriptional regulation of these genes is related to the same control element, the E-box, defined by the sequence CACGTG. PCR products of selected regions of all known genes either binding to this sequence or whose expression is dependent on this binding, as well as genes interacting with E-box-binding genes and control genes, are arrayed on a nylon membrane or other appropriate microchip susbstrate, which is then used as an E-box-specific microarray.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2001Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Assignee: Sir Mortimer B. Davis -- Jewish General HospitalInventor: Eugenia Wang
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Patent number: 6511849Abstract: An apparatus and a method are provided for forming a microarray of biological material on a substrate. The microarrays may consist of nucleic acids, peptides, or the like. The subject invention provides relatively simple and inexpensive machinery to produce the microarrays in a reproducible and rapid manner.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 1999Date of Patent: January 28, 2003Assignee: The Sir Mortimer B. Davis - Jewish General HospitalInventor: Eugenia Wang
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Patent number: 6410335Abstract: Methods of predicting a propensity to developing prostate cancer are presented. The consists of measuring the IGF status of individual. Individuals with high IGF status, as compared with normal reference range values, are at increased risk for developing prostate cancer. More particularly, the IGF status may be determined by measuring IGF-I levels and/or IGFBP-3 levels. High IGF and low IGFBP levels are indicative of a high IGF status. A method of determining the prognosis of existing prostate cancers or of monitoring disease progression involves determining the IGF/PSA status of an individual. Individuals with a high IGF/PSA staus (both high IGF status and high PSA levels) tend to develop severe prostate cancer and have a porrer overall prognosis.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 1999Date of Patent: June 25, 2002Assignees: The Brigham and Woman's Hospital, Inc., Sir Mortimer B. Davis - Jewish General Hospital FoundationInventors: Michael N. Pollak, Meir J. Stampfer, Edward Giovannucci
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Patent number: 6300473Abstract: The present invention relates to two Sam68-like mammalian proteins, namely SLM-1 and SLM-2, and nucleic acid molecules encoding them. The invention also relates to expression vectors and cells capable of expressing the proteins and antibodies capable of specifically binding to the proteins. Kits for the assay of tyrosine kinase activity are discussed which may be used to determine whether or not a cell is cancerous. The present invention further relates to transgenic animals such as “knockout mice”. Knockout mice may be used to study the effect of test compounds on SLM-1 or SLM-2 deficiency.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 1999Date of Patent: October 9, 2001Assignee: The Sir Mortimer B. Davis - Jewish General HospitalInventor: Stéphane Richard
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Patent number: 6210895Abstract: The invention relates to a method for predicting the onset of, diagnosing, and/or prognosticating dementing diseases. The method comprises determining the concentration of heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) and/or a nucleotide sequence encoding HO-1 in tissue obtained from a patient, and comparing said concentration with the corresponding concentration of HO-1 and/or an HO-1 encoding nucleotide sequence in corresponding tissue obtained from at least one control person. The tissue is suitably plasma, lymphocytes, cerebrospinal fluid or fibroblasts. The method is useful where the dementing disease is any of Alzheimer's Disease, Age-Associated Cognitive Decline, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Vascular (i.e. multi-infarct) Dementia, Lewy Body Dementia, Huntington's Disease, Down's syndrome, normal pressure hydrocephalus, corticobasal ganglionic degeneration, multisystem atrophy, head trauma, Creutzfeld-Jacob disease, viral encephalitis and hypothyroidism.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 1999Date of Patent: April 3, 2001Assignees: The Sir Mortimer B. Davis-Jewish General HospitalInventors: Hyman M. Schipper, Howard Chertkow
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Patent number: 5783667Abstract: Apoptosis or programmed cell death is a tightly regulated mechanism used by the body to eliminate excess cells in a given tissue. If this mechanism fails, resulting in too many cells, cancer may develop in certain tissues. If the mechanism is overactive, resulting in the destruction of too many cells, tissue degeneration can occur. Therefore being able to identify which cells are destined to undergo apoptosis is critical in allowing clinicians, pathologists and researchers to develop means to detect, diagnose or treat disorders wherein the natural regulation of cell death events is interrupted. The present inventor has identified a 30 kDa protein, designated Tp30, that is specific for cells that are programmed to die. A monoclonal antibody specific for Tp30 has also been identified. The Tp30 protein and monoclonal antibodies thereto are useful in the detection and therapy of disorders wherein the natural regulation of cell death events is interrupted.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 1994Date of Patent: July 21, 1998Assignee: Sir Mortimer B. Davis-Jewish General HospitalInventor: Eugenia Wang