Patents by Inventor Fraser James SIM

Fraser James SIM 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).

  • MODULATING THE PRODUCTION OF NEURONS AND/OR OLIGODENDROCYTES FROM WHITE MATTER PROGENITOR CELLS
    Publication number: 20090148431
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of modulating production of neurons and/or oligodendrocytes from neural progenitor cells of human white matter and to a method of treating a subject for a condition modulated by underproduction of oligodendrocytes from human white matter. Both of these methods involve administering an agonist or antagonist of one or more molecules set forth in Tables 1 and/or 2 to the neural progenitor cells. Also disclosed is a method of using an inhibitor of sterol synthesis to differentiate oligodendrocyte progenitor cells to oligodendrocytes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2009
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: CORNELL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Steven A. GOLDMAN, Fraser James SIM