Patents Assigned to Associazione Per La Lotta Alla Talassemia Di Ferrara
  • Heterocyclic and benzoheterocyclic polyamides structurally related to the natural antibiotic distamycin A for the treatment of ?-thalassaemia
    Patent number: 7396851
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of structural analogues of distamycin having the general formula (I), (II), (III), (IV) or (V) or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, for the preparation of a medicament for the therapeutic treatment of ?-thalassaemia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignees: Universita' Degli Studi Di Ferrara, Associazione Veneta per La Lotta Alla Talassemia, Associazione per La Lotta Alla Talassemia Di Ferrara
    Inventors: Pier Giovanni Baraldi, Nicoletta Bianchi, Giordana Feriotto, Roberto Gambari, Carlo Mischiati, Romeo Romagnoli
  • Synthetic oligonucleotides as inducers of erythroid differentiation
    Patent number: 7262175
    Abstract: The invention refers to a synthetic double-stranded oligonucleotide having a length comprised between 10 and 50 bases and a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of: (a) sequences corresponding to a selected portion of the promoter of human ?-globin gene; and (b) sequences corresponding to a selected portion of the human genomic region comprised between the ?-globin gene and the ??-cluster, for use as an inducer of erythroid differentiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignees: Universita' Degli Studi Di Ferrara, Associazione Veneta Per La Lotta Alla Talassemia, Associazione Per La Lotta Alla Talassemia Di Ferrara, Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A.
    Inventors: Nicoletta Bianchi, Giordana Feriotto, Roberto Gambari, Carlo Mischiati