Patents by Inventor Douglas W. Ethell

Douglas W. Ethell 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).

  • Publication number: 20090016995
    Abstract: A method treating a subject with Alzheimer's disease wherein A?-reactive immune cells, splenocytes and lymphocytes, are generated in vitro or in vivo, re-stimulated in vitro, and then adoptively transferred into the cognitively-impaired subject. The population of immune cells can be derived from a donor with a natural or adaptive immune response to A?, stimulated by exposure to A? in vivo. The donor cells are then collected and re-stimulated by subsequent exposure to A? in vitro prior to administration to the subject. Alternatively, the population of immune cells can be derived from the subject and then stimulated by exposure to A? in vitro.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2007
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA, REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Douglas W. Ethell, Gary W. Arendash