Patents by Inventor Eylem Ozturk

Eylem Ozturk 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).

  • METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS INVOLVING CHITOSAN NANOPARTICLES
    Publication number: 20110064664
    Abstract: Disclosed are nanoparticles for the delivery of a therapeutic agent or a diagnostic agent to a subject that include a chitosan and a polyphosphate, wherein the weight ratio of the chitosan to the polyphosphate is about 1.0 or greater and the weight ratio of the polyphosphate to the therapeutic agent or diagnostic agent is about 15.0 or less. Also disclosed are nanoparticles that include a chitosan and an inhibitor of enhancer of Zeste homologue 2 (EZH2). Methods of delivering a therapeutic agent or a diagnostic agent to a subject for the treatment or prevention of a disease and methods of predicting prognosis of ovarian cancer in a subject that involve determining the expression and/or function of EZH2 in the subject are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2008
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventors: Gabriel Lopez-Berestein, Eylem Ozturk, Angela Sanguino, Anil Sood, Emir Baki Denkbas