Patents by Inventor Dina Farran

Dina Farran 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).

  • Treatment and inhibition of protozoal diseases with nandrolone and its derivatives
    Patent number: 9173888
    Abstract: This invention provides new therapeutic potential of nandrolone or a derivative thereof, against protozoal diseases. More specifically, nandrolone or a derivative thereof exhibits anti-protozoal activity against Leishmania major. Anti-protozoal potential of nandrolone derivatives, such as compounds 1-8, can contribute in the development of effective therapies against protozoal diseases, such as leishmaniasis, trypanosomiasis, malaria, toxoplasmosis, babeosis, amoebic dysentery and lambliasis. Another aspect of the invention is a method of testing derivatives of nandrolone for anti-protozoal activity comprising growing Leishmania in the presence of the test derivative and determining the IC50 value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Inventors: Elias Baydoun, Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary, Atia-tul- Wahab, Colin Smith, Martin Karam, Dina Farran, Mahwish Shafi Ahmed Khan, Malik Shoaib Ahmad