Patents Assigned to Georiga Health Sciences Univ. Research Inst., Inc.
  • COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR IN VIVO AND IN VITRO ATTENUATION OF GENE EXPRESSION USING DOUBLE STRANDED RNA
    Publication number: 20130251693
    Abstract: Introduction of double stranded RNA into cells, cell culture, organs and tissues, and whole organisms, particularly vertebrates, specifically attenuates gene expression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2012
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: Georiga Health Sciences Univ. Research Inst., Inc.
    Inventors: YIN-XIONG LI, Michael J. Farrell, Margaret L. Kirby
  • ALPHA-METHYL-TRYPTOPHAN AS AN INHIBITOR OF INDOLEAMINE DIOXYGENASE
    Publication number: 20130142815
    Abstract: The present invention demonstrates for the first time that alpha-methyl-tryptophan is an inhibitor of the enzyme indoleamine diooxygenase (IDO). The present invention includes the use of alpha-methyl-tryptophan in methods of modulating immune responses and treating cancer and infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: Georiga Health Sciences Univ. Research Inst., Inc.
    Inventor: Vadivel Ganapathy