Patents by Inventor Malcolm Andrew Ward
Malcolm Andrew Ward 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).
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Publication number: 20180140585Abstract: The invention relates to panels of biomarkers including proteins phosphatase 1 regulatory subunit 14A and/or 2?,3?-cyclic-nucleotide 3?-phosphodiesterase and/or phosphorylated tau or fragments thereof and methods using thereof for diagnosing, staging, treating and assessing the response of a treatment for a neurocognitive disorder characterised by tau toxicity, in particular for Alzheimer's disease. The present invention shows that the biomarkers disclosed herein are elevated in the brain of subjects with an advanced stage of a neurocognitive disorder (Braak stage V/VI) and/or are regulated in the CSF of AD subjects in comparison to cognitively affected non-AD controls; and/or regulated in response to two casein kinase 1 delta inhibitors.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2016Publication date: May 24, 2018Applicant: ELECTROPHORETICS LIMITEDInventors: Ian Hugo Pike, Malcolm Andrew Ward, Claire Louise Russell, Vikram Mitra
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Publication number: 20170219611Abstract: Alzheimer's disease, the most common cause of dementia in older individuals, is a debilitating neurodegenerative disease for which there is currently no cure. In the past, AD could only be definitively diagnosed by brain biopsy or upon autopsy after a patient died. These methods, which demonstrate the presence of the characteristic plaque and tangle lesions in the brain, are still considered the gold standard for the pathological diagnoses of AD. However, in the clinical setting brain biopsy is rarely performed and diagnosis depends on a battery of neurological, psychometric and biochemical tests, including the measurement of biochemical markers such as the ApoE and tau proteins or the beta-amyloid peptide in cerebrospinal fluid and blood. The present invention discloses and describes panels of makers that are differentially expressed in the disease state relative to their expression in the normal state and, in particular, identifies and describes panels of makers associated with neurocognitive disorders.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2014Publication date: August 3, 2017Applicants: Electrophoretics Limited, King's College LondonInventors: Malcolm Andrew Ward, Abdul Hye, Simon Harold Lovestone, Richard James Butler Dobson
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Publication number: 20160320395Abstract: The invention relates to materials and methods for diagnosing liver tumor types, and assessing patient prognosis. Specifically, but not exclusively, the invention concerns the determination of marker protein which enable primary liver tumors to be identified and classified according to the latest WHO classification. Particularly, the invention provides potential markers proteins which allow non-neoplastic and neoplastic hepatocytes and biliary epithelial cells to be distinguished. This allows grading of tumor differentiation to be refined and differential diagnosis of primary liver tumors and pathogenesis of sub-types of cholangiocarcinoma.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2014Publication date: November 3, 2016Applicants: Electrophoretics Limited, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation TrustInventors: Malcolm Andrew Ward, Ian Hugo Pike, David James Britton, Vikram Mitra, Nigel David Heaton, Yoh Zen, Alberto Quaglia
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Publication number: 20160139151Abstract: The present invention provides a method for diagnosing or assessing a neurodegenerative disease in a test subject, comprising: (i) providing a protein-containing sample that has been obtained from the test subject; (ii) determining the concentration, amount or degree of expression of at least one specific protein isoform and/or glycoform derived from a protein biomarker selected from the group consisting of: clusterin precursor; apolipoprotein A-IV precursor; apolipoprotein C-III precursor; transthyretin; galectin 7; complement C4 precursor; alpha-2-macroglobulin precursor; Ig alpha-1 chain C; histone 2B; Ig lambda chain C region; fibrinogen gamma chain precursor; complement factor H; inter-alpha-trypsin heavy chain H4 precursor; complement C3 precursor; gamma or beta actin; haptoglobin precursor; and the serum albumin precursor, or a fragment thereof; (iii) comparing said concentration, amount or degree determined in (ii) with a reference from a control subject with a specific neurodegenerative disease, demeType: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2014Publication date: May 19, 2016Applicant: Electrophoretics LimitedInventors: Malcolm Andrew Ward, Hui-Chung Liang, Ian Hugo Pike
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Publication number: 20160123997Abstract: The invention relates to methods and compositions relating Alzheimer's disease. There is provided a panel of optimal biomarkers which allow diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease and discrimination between Alzheimer's disease and its earlier precursor, mild cognitive impairment (MCI).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2014Publication date: May 5, 2016Applicant: Electrophoretics LimitedInventors: Hans Dieter Zucht, Ian Hugo Pike, Malcolm Andrew Ward
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Patent number: 9028801Abstract: The invention relates to a method of diagnosis of vCJD in a diagnostic sample of a valid body tissue taken from a human subject, which comprises detecting an increased concentration of a protein in the diagnostic sample, compared with a sample of a control human subject, the protein being: beta-actin (SwissProt Acc. No. P60709), apolipoprotein A-IV precursor (SwissProt Acc. No. P06727); haptoglobin beta-chain consisting of residues 162-406 (SwissProt Acc. No. P00738); haemoglobin beta chain (SwissProt Acc. No. P02023); or alpha-1-antitrypsin (SwissProt Acc. No. P01009); or a decreased concentration of a protein in the diagnostic sample, compared with a sample of a control, normal human subject, the protein being plasma protease (C1) inhibitor precursor (SwissProt Acc. No. P05155); complement component 1, s sub-component (SwissProt Acc. No. P09871); butyrylcholinesterase precursor (SwissProt Acc. No. P06276); complement component C4B (SwissProt Acc. No. P01028); lumican (SwissProt Acc. No.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2005Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignees: Electrophoretics Limited, Medical Research Council, University College LondonInventors: Malcolm Andrew Ward, John Collinge, Graham Stuart Jackson, Emma McGregor, Nicola Louise Leeds, James Campbell, Jules Arthur Westbrook, Helen Louise Byers
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Publication number: 20140220694Abstract: The invention identifies and describes proteins that are differentially expressed in platelets resistant to anti-platelet agents such as aspirin (acetylsalicyclic acid) compared to those platelets that are sensitive to such agents. Methods for determining further such differentially expressed proteins and methods for determining an individual's sensitivity to anti-platelet agents, such as aspirin, prior to administration.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2012Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicants: ELECTROPHORETICS LIMITED, KING'S COLLEGE LONDONInventors: Timothy William Goodman, Albert Ferro, Emma Schofield, Malcolm Andrew Ward, Christopher Floyd
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Patent number: 8623605Abstract: The invention provides a method of diagnosis of a spongiform encephalopathy in a diagnostic sample of a valid body tissue taken from a subject, which comprises detecting an increased proteolytic activity in the diagnostic sample, compared with a sample from a control subject.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2007Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: Electrophoretics LimitedInventors: Ian Hugo Pike, Malcolm Andrew Ward, Darragh Patrick William O'Brien
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Patent number: 8506957Abstract: The invention relates to a method of diagnosis of Huntington's Disease in a diagnostic sample of a valid body tissue taken from a human subject, which comprises detecting an altered concentration of a protein in the diagnostic sample, compared with a sample of a control human subject, the protein being selected from: Swiss Prot accession number: Protein name; P10909: Clusterin precursor; P00738: Haptoglobin precursor; P01009: Alpha-1-antitrypsin precursor; P01024: Complement C3 precursor; P01620: 1g kappa chain V-III region; P01834: 1 g kappa chain C region P01842: 1g lambda chain C regions; P01857: 1g gamma-1 chain C region; P01859: Ig gamma-2 chain C region; P01876: 1g alpha-1 chain C region P02647: Apolipoprotein A-I precursor; P02649: Apolipoprotein E precursor; P02652: Apolipoprotein A-II precursor; P02655: Apolipoprotein C-II precursor; P02656: Apolipoprotein C-II precursor P02671: Fibrinogen alpha/alpha-E chain precursor; P02763: Alpha-1-acid glycoprotein 1 precursor; P02766: Transthyretin precursor; PType: GrantFiled: December 7, 2005Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: Electrophoretics LimitedInventors: Nicola Louise Leeds, Malcolm Andrew Ward, Sarah Joanna Tabrizi, Annette Dalrymple, Emma McGregor, James Campbell, Jules Arthur Westbrook, Helen Louise Byers
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Publication number: 20090197270Abstract: The invention provides a method of diagnosis of a spongiform encephalopathy in a diagnostic sample of a valid body tissue taken from a subject, which comprises detecting an increased proteolytic activity in the diagnostic sample, compared with a sample from a control subject.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2007Publication date: August 6, 2009Inventors: Ian Hugo Pike, Malcolm Andrew Ward, Darragh Patrick William O'Brien
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Publication number: 20080286263Abstract: The invention relates to a method of diagnosis of Huntington's Disease in a diagnostic sample of a valid body tissue taken from a human subject, which comprises detecting an altered concentration of a protein in the diagnostic sample, compared with a sample of a control human subject, the protein being selected from: Swiss Prot accession number: Protein name; P10909: Clusterin precursor; P00738: Haptoglobin precursor; P01009: Alpha-1-antitrypsin precursor; P01024: Complement C3 precursor; P01620: 1 g kappa chain V-III region; P01834: 1 g kappa chain C region P01842: 1 g lambda chain C regions; P01857: 1 g gamma-1 chain C region; P01859: Ig gamma-2 chain C region; P01876: 1 g alpha-1 chain C region P02647: Apolipoprotein A-I precursor; P02649: Apolipoprotein E precursor; P02652: Apolipoprotein A-II precursor; P02655: Apolipoprotein C-II precursor; P02656: Apolipoprotein C-II precursor P02671: Fibrinogen alpha/alpha-E chain precursor; P02763: Alpha-1-acid glycoprotein 1 precursor; P02766: Transthyretin precursoType: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2005Publication date: November 20, 2008Inventors: Nicola Louise Leeds, Malcolm Andrew Ward, Sarah Joanna Tabrizi, Annette Dalrymple, Emma McGregor, James Campbell, Jules Arthur Westbrook, Helen Louise Dyers
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Publication number: 20080213802Abstract: The invention relates to a method of diagnosis of vCJD in a diagnostic sample of a valid body tissue taken from a human subject, which comprises detecting an increased concentration of a protein in the diagnostic sample, compared with a sample of a control human subject, the protein being: beta-actin (SwissProt Ace. No. P60709), apolipoprotein A-IV precursor (SwissProt Acc. No. P06727); haptoglobin beta-chain consisting of residues 162-406 (SwissProt Acc. No. P00738); haemoglobin beta chain (SwissProt Ace. No. P02023); or alpha-1-antitrypsin (SwissProt Ace. No. P01009); or a decreased concentration of a protein in the diagnostic sample, compared with a sample of a control, normal human subject, the protein being plasma protease (C1) inhibitor precursor (SwissProt Acc. No. P05155); complement component 1, s sub-component (SwissProt Acc. No. P09871); butyrylcholinesterase precursor (SwissProt Acc. No. P06276); complement component C4B (SwissProt Acc. No. P01028); lumican (SwissProt Ace. No.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2005Publication date: September 4, 2008Inventors: Malcolm Andrew Ward, John Collinge, Graham Stuart Jackson, Emma McGregor, Nicola Louise Leeds, James Campbell, Jules Arthur Westbrook, Helen Louise Byers