Patents Examined by Robert M Kelley
  • Method of delaying the onset of diabetes
    Patent number: 6995147
    Abstract: A method for preventing, delaying the onset of or treating diabetes in a patient comprising selecting a patient who is susceptible to developing diabetes, who is developing diabetes or who is diabetic and administering to the patient one or more than one dose of a pharmaceutical agent comprising a polynucleotide encoding a secreted exogenous protein, such as a secreted luciferase or a secreted form of human glutamic acid decarboxylase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: Loma Linda University
    Inventors: Alan P. Escher, Jingxue Liu