Patents by Inventor Alison Joyce

Alison Joyce 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).

  • Detection of an immune response to GDF-8 modulating agents
    Publication number: 20060240488
    Abstract: This disclosure provides methods for the detection of antibodies to a GDF-8 modulating agent such as, e.g., MYO-029, in a biological sample. Methods to detect an immune response to a GDF-8 modulating agent are also included. In particular, methods to assess an immune response in animals, including humans, to a GDF-8 modulating agent such as a GDF-8 inhibitor are provided herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Inventors: John Nowak, Denise O'Hara, John Cryan, Teresa Caiazzo, Alison Joyce, Joseph Rajewski, Shujun Sun, Neil Wolfman
  • Methods and assays for detecting and quantifying the human p53 inducible gene protein
    Publication number: 20050074901
    Abstract: Methods, assays, and kits for detecting the presence of PIG3 in human cell extracts, serum, plasma, other body fluids and extra-cellular tissue culture media to determine valuable prognostic, monitoring and diagnostic information about the status of a patient. The methods are rapid and quantitative and can be used to evaluate the viability of cells and tissue, to evaluate progress of a disease and/or its treatment, to evaluate the cytotoxicity of unknown compounds and to study the kinetics of cell death.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2003
    Publication date: April 7, 2005
    Inventors: John Castracane, Alison Joyce, Thomas Miller, Fred Reynolds