Patents Assigned to Mark E. Westerman, Ph.D.
  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MEASURING LEVELS OF BIOACTIVE HUMAN HEPCIDIN
    Publication number: 20090215095
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods for measuring human serum hepcidin levels. The invention provides methods for the oxidative refolding of a hepcidin polypeptide to a form that is mature, bioactive and folded as in the native configuration and molecular mass; a method for measuring the level of native, bioactive hepcidin in a vertebrate animal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2008
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: Mark E. Westerman, Ph.D.
    Inventors: Xavier Lauth, Mark E. Westerman, Vaughn E. Ostland, Jason A. Stannard, Michael W. Pennington