Patents by Inventor Anna Wobus

Anna Wobus 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).

  • Method for differentiating stem cells into insulin-producing cells
    Publication number: 20050054102
    Abstract: The present invention relates a novel method for differentiating stem cells into insulin-producing cells by culturing such cells in specially defined media and optimally, activating one or more genes involved in beta-cell differentiation. The present invention further relates to applications in the medical (particularly diabetes) field that directly arise from the method of the invention. Additionally, the present invention relates to applications for identifying and characterising compounds with therapeutic medical effects or toxicological effects that directly arise from the method of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2002
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Inventors: Anna Wobus, Luc St-Onge, Przemyslaw Blyszczuk, Ursula Hoffmann
  • Method for isolating, culturing and differentiating intestinal stem cells for therapeutic use
    Publication number: 20050032207
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for the isolation, culture, and production of undifferentiated somatic intestinal stem/progenitor cells of mammalian, preferably human origins. The resulting stem/progenitor cells resemble properties of embryonic stem (ES) and multipotent progenitor cells with respect to morphology, biochemical property, and in pluripotency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2002
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Inventors: Anna Wobus, Alexandra Rolletschek, Cornelia Wiese, Blyszczuk Przemyslaw, St-Onge Luc