Patents by Inventor Zahra Shafaee

Zahra Shafaee 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).

  • COMBINATION THERAPY OF HEDGEHOG INHIBITORS, RADIATION AND CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AGENTS
    Publication number: 20110046211
    Abstract: The present invention relates to therapeutic combinations and methods of inhibiting the proliferation of cancerous cells, the abnormal growth of cells, and tumor cell growth using the combination of a hedgehog inhibitor with chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy. The present invention also relates to methods of enhancing the antiproliferative effect of chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy in a mammalian cancer patient undergoing either chemotherapy or radiation or a combination of radiation and chemotherapy by co-administering a therapeutically amount of a hedgehog inhibitor, concurrently or sequentially, with the chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: The University of Chicago
    Inventors: Ralph R. Weichselbaum, Zahra Shafaee, Wei Du
  • COMBINATION THERAPY OF HEDGEHOG INHIBITORS, RADIATION AND CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AGENTS
    Publication number: 20070281040
    Abstract: The present invention relates to therapeutic combinations and methods of inhibiting the proliferation of cancerous cells, the abnormal growth of cells, and tumor cell growth using the combination of a hedgehog inhibitor with chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy. The present invention also relates to methods of enhancing the antiproliferative effect of chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy in a mammalian cancer patient undergoing either chemotherapy or radiation or a combination of radiation and chemotherapy by co-administering a therapeutically amount of a hedgehog inhibitor, concurrently or sequentially, with the chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
    Inventors: Ralph Weichselbaum, Zahra Shafaee, Wei Du