Patents Assigned to WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE
  • Methods and compositions for promoting the neurological development of an infant
    Patent number: 9149452
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for promoting the neurological development of an infant by administration of fatty acids and compositions comprising same, wherein the fatty acids are enriched with respect to docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: WOMEN'S & CHILDREN'S HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC.
    Inventors: Robert Gibson, Maria Makrides
  • Methods and compositions for modulating wound repair
    Patent number: 8574571
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of modulating repair of a wound. The method includes modulating expression and/or activity of Flightless I in cells involved in repair of the wound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignees: Womens & Childrens Health Research Institute, Adelaide Research & Innovation Pty Ltd, The Australian National University
    Inventors: Allison June Cowin, Hugh Douglas Campbell, Barry Powell
  • Methods and compositions for promoting the respiratory development of an infant
    Patent number: 8563611
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for promoting respiratory development, reducing the incidence of respiratory distress, bronchopulmonary dysplasia and/or hayfever in an infant by administration of fatty acids and compositions comprising same, wherein the fatty acids are enriched with respect to docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Women's & Children's Health Research Institute
    Inventors: Robert Gibson, Maria Makrides
  • Methods and compositions for promoting the respiratory development of an infant
    Publication number: 20120238626
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for promoting respiratory development, reducing the incidence of respiratory distress, bronchopulmonary dysplasia and/or hayfever in an infant by administration of fatty acids and compositions comprising same, wherein the fatty acids are enriched with respect to docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: WOMEN'S & CHILDREN'S HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Robert GIBSON, Maria MAKRIDES
  • ALLERGY TREATMENT USING ACID TREATED AQUEOUS WHEY PROTEIN EXTRACT
    Publication number: 20120201839
    Abstract: The invention relates to manufacture of whey protein extracts, to infant formula and to reducing or preventing food allergy. The whey protein extract is produced from a whey protein-containing composition by contacting a whey protein-containing composition with an aqueous solution to form a sample including a soluble protein-containing component and an insoluble component; recovering the soluble protein-containing component from the sample; and acidifying the soluble protein-containing component, thereby producing the whey protein extract. Extracts produced by the method of the invention may be used in infant formula, as a dietary supplement or foodstuff.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicants: WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE, DAIRY AUSTRALIA LIMITED
    Inventors: Irmeli Penttla, Ian Robert Mitchell
  • METHOD OF TREATMENT, PROPHYLAXIS AND DIAGNOSIS OF PATHOLOGIES OF THE BONE
    Publication number: 20100330085
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the fields of treatment, prophylaxis and diagnosis. More particularly, the present invention identifies genes and gene products associated with bone morphogenesis and pathologies of the bone. Even more particularly, the present invention contemplates the regulation of expression of these genes or the activity of the gene products in the treatment, prophylaxis and diagnosis of bone pathologies. Cell-based therapies and manipulation of cells in in vitro culture also form part of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: WOMEN'S & CHILDREN'S HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC.
    Inventors: ANNA KATHLEEN COUSSENS, ANGELA MARY VAN DAAL, BARRY CRAMPTON POWELL, PETER JOHN ANDERSON
  • METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PROMOTING THE NEUROLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT OF AN INFANT
    Publication number: 20100267830
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for promoting the neurological development of an infant by administration of fatty acids and compositions comprising same, wherein the fatty acids are enriched with respect to docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: Women's & Children's Health Research Institute Inc
    Inventors: Robert GIBSON, Maria MAKRIDES
  • METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MODULATING WOUND REPAIR
    Publication number: 20100203064
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of modulating repair of a wound. The method includes modulating expression and/or activity of Flightless I in cells involved in repair of the wound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2006
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicants: WOMENS & CHILDRENS HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE, ADELAIDE RESEARCH & INNOVATION PTY LTD, THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Allison June Cowin, Hugh Douglas Campbell, Barry Powell