Patents by Inventor Frankie Hoi Chun POON

Frankie Hoi Chun POON 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 COMPRISING TANKYRASE INHIBITORS FOR GENERATING INSULIN PRODUCING CELLS
    Publication number: 20210198633
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided for producing PDX1+/NKX6-1+ pancreatic progenitor cells from a PDX1+ endodermal cell population. The method comprises contacting the endodermal cell population with an EGF component and tankyrase inhibitor that binds to an adenosine subsite of a tankyrase enzyme, to induce the differentiation of at least a portion of the PDX1+ endodermal cell population into PDX1+NKX6-1+ pancreatic progenitor cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Maria Cristina NOSTRO, Farida SARANGI, Roman KORYTNIKOV, Emily MCGAUGH, Frankie Hoi Chun POON