Patents by Inventor David Fernandes Braga Malta

David Fernandes Braga Malta 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).

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    Publication number: 20130274124
    Abstract: The present invention provides arrays comprising polypeptides associated with extracellular matrix that can be used to isolate, differentiate, or culture certain cell types including stem cells, cancer cells, and/or primary hepatocytes. The array comprises at least a pair of polypeptides that comprise a polypeptide associated with extracellular matrix or functional fragments thereof. The invention also provides for methods of diagnosing and/or prognosing a certain disease or disorder through contacting a cell sample from a patient with an array comprising at least a pair of polypeptides that comprise a polypeptide sequence associated with extracellular matrix or functional fragments thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Sangeeta N. Bhatia, David Fernandes Braga Malta, Nathan Edward Reticker-Flynn, Gregory H. Underhill, Robert Edward Schwartz