Patents by Inventor Alan Prescott

Alan Prescott has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Treatment Of Posterior Capsule Opacification
    Publication number: 20090036464
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of testing agents, such as sigma ligands for their potential use in treating posterior capsule opacification (PCO). The present invention also relates to the use of sigma ligands, such as sigma-1 antagonists in the manufacture of a medicament for preventing posterior capsule opacification (PCO), as well as methods of treating PCO using sigma ligands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2005
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE
    Inventors: Barbara Ann Spruce, George Duncan, Peter Reid Duncan, Alan Prescott
  • Agents for inducing apoptosis and applications of said agents in therapy
    Patent number: 5968824
    Abstract: Agents which modulate pathways of apoptotic induction or repression in which products of opioid peptide precursors genes participate, useful as inducers of apoptosis in cells and in tumor cells in particular, are disclosed. Methods of treatment employing such agents and pharmaceutical compositions containing them are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Inventors: Barbara Ann Spruce, Alan Prescott, Angelika Bottger, Deborah Ann Dewar