Patents by Inventor Andre Ferber

Andre Ferber 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).

  • Inducing resistance to tumor growth with soluble IGF-1 receptor
    Patent number: 6084085
    Abstract: Individuals having tumors are treated with pharmaceutical compositions comprising expression vectors, preferably adenovirus or retroviruses, comprising nucleic acid molecules encoding soluble IGF-1R. Such vectors express soluble IGF-1R in tumor cells resulting in reversal of the transformed phenotype, induction of apoptosis, and inhibition of tumorigenesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignee: Thomas Jefferson University
    Inventors: Renato Baserga, Mariana Resnicoff, Consuelo D'Ambrosio, Andre Ferber