Patents Assigned to McGrill University
  • Lafora's disease gene
    Patent number: 7550571
    Abstract: A novel gene (EPM2A) that is deleted or mutated in people with Lafora's disease is described. The EPM2A gene encodes a protein having an active catalytic site of a protein tyrosine phosphatase. Many different sequence mutations as well as several microdeletions in EPM2A have been found that co-segregate with Lafora's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignees: McGrill University, The Hospital for Sick Children, The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Stephen W. Scherer, Berge A. Minassian, Antonio Delgado-Escueta, Guy Rouleu