Patents by Inventor Paola Catanuto

Paola Catanuto 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).

  • Immortalized retinal pigmented epithelial cells
    Publication number: 20090226955
    Abstract: The present invention provides isolated cultures of immortalized retinal pigmented epithelial cells. The cells retain one or more of the in vivo characteristics of non-immortalized retinal pigmented epithelial cells, including, for example, cobblestone morphology, polarization, the presence and/or expression of one or more protein markers, and a metabolic pattern typical of non-immortalized retinal pigmented epithelial cells. The present invention also provides methods of making and using immortalized retinal pigmented epithelial cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicant: University of Miami
    Inventors: Sharon J. Elliot, Paola Catanuto, Scott W. Cousins
  • Bot1: target for antifungal agents
    Publication number: 20040106173
    Abstract: We have discovered a target protein which is conserved in fungi and essential for cell viability, cell growth, the control of cell morphogenesis, and combinations thereof. An antifungal agent targets the protein in a fungus, but not an infected host. This protein is encoded by the bot1 gene in Schizosaccharomyces pombe, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and Candida albicans but is not detected in a filamentous fungus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2002
    Publication date: June 3, 2004
    Applicant: The University of Miami
    Inventors: Fulvia Verde, Paola Catanuto, David J. Wiley, Min You