Patents Assigned to Scottish Agricultural College
  • IMMUNOGENIC COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING ESCHERICHIA COLI H7 FLAGELLA AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20160074493
    Abstract: Immunogenic compositions containing Escherichia coli 0157:H7 flagella including fusion proteins and methods using the immunogenic compositions are disclosed. Inducing an immune response in an animal to Escherichia coli O157:H7 flagella will result in prevention of colonization by Escherichia coli O157:H7 in the animal or a reduction in the amount of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infecting the animal. The immune composition will prevent or reduce the attachment of Escherichia coli 0157:H7 to cells within the animal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicants: The University Court of the University of Edinburg h, Moredun Research Institute, The Scottish Agricultural College
    Inventors: David GALLY, Tom Nathan MCNEILLY, David George Emslie SMITH, Chris LOW, Arvind Kumar MAHAJAN, Stuart W. NAYLOR
  • Immunogenic compositions containing H7 flagella and methods of use thereof
    Patent number: 9193770
    Abstract: Immunogenic compositions containing Escherichia coli O157:H7 flagella including fusion proteins and methods using the immunogenic compositions are disclosed. Inducing an immune response in an animal to Escherichia coli O157:H7 flagella will result in prevention of colonization by Escherichia coli O157:H7 in the animal or a reduction in the amount of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infecting the animal. The immune composition will prevent or reduce the attachment of Escherichia coli O157:H7 to cells within the animal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignees: THE UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH, MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
    Inventors: David Gally, Tom Nathan McNeilly, David George Emslie Smith, Chris Low, Arvind Kumar Mahajan, Stuart W. Naylor
  • Beneficial effects of plant volatile oils
    Patent number: 5858370
    Abstract: Plant volatile oils have been found to have certain beneficial effects on the body of a human or non-human. The effects described relate to the maintenance of levels of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), the prevention or mitigation of deleterious changes in nervous tissue, elevation of protein levels, and the prevention or mitigation of retinal degeneration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Assignee: Scottish Agricultural College
    Inventors: Stanley Gordon Deans, Raymond Clifford Noble
  • Method of producing a fatty acid
    Patent number: 5484611
    Abstract: A method of producing docosahexaenoic acid and a method of treatment of animal bodies by administering the docosahexaenoic acid, the docosahexaenoic acid being linked to phospholipids which have been selectively purified from the brains of preferably 1-3 day old chicks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1996
    Assignee: The Scottish Agricultural College
    Inventors: Raymond C. Noble, Massimo Cocchi