Patents by Inventor Anura Rambukkana

Anura Rambukkana has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Compositions, methods and kits relating to reprogramming adult differentiated cells and production of embryonic stem cell-like cells
    Publication number: 20060222636
    Abstract: The present invention includes compositions, methods and kits for non-nuclear transfer reprogramming an adult differentiated cell obtained from an adult tissue into an ES-like cell. The reprogrammed cell can be converted into an ES-like cell which can be re- or trans-differentiated into various differentiated cell types. The present invention further relates to identification of a novel signaling pathway, and components thereof, which effect reprogramming of a cell. The present invention further comprises compositions, methods and kits for regulating the mammalian cell cycle and cellular proliferation, as well as for treating diseases and for identifying components that affect the cell cycle, and reprogram cells, among other things.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2006
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Inventor: Anura Rambukkana
  • Receptor for Mycobacterium leprae and methods of use thereof
    Patent number: 6331405
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the discovery that the &agr;-dystroglycan receptor is required for Mycobacterium leprae entry into cells, assays for high throughput screening of drugs for use in treatments against leprosy, and methods for studying the role of the receptor in neurodegenerative and musculodegenerative diseases, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2001
    Assignee: The Rockefeller University
    Inventors: Anura Rambukkana, Vincent A. Fischetti, Kevin P. Campbell