Patents by Inventor Antoni Castells i Garangou

Antoni Castells i Garangou 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).

  • MicroRNAs (miRNA) as Biomarkers for the Identification of Familial and Non-Familial Colorectal Cancer
    Publication number: 20120088687
    Abstract: A technique for the analysis of global miRNA signatures including a larger panel of miRNAs in various groups of well-characterized colorectal cancers (CRCs) is described in the instant invention. The results presented herein provide a large list of miRNAs that are dysregulated in CRC compared to the normal colonic tissue, and, more importantly, the present invention shows for the first time that Lynch syndrome and sporadic MSI tumors exhibit a different miRNA signature that distinguishes them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicants: Baylor Research Institute, Centro de Investigacion en Red de Enfermedades Hepaticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona
    Inventors: Ajay Goel, C. Richard Boland, Francesc Balaguer, Meritxell Gironella i Cos, Antoni Castells i Garangou, Leticia Moreira Ruiz, Juan Jose Lozano Salvatella