Patents by Inventor Gregory Shelness

Gregory Shelness 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 utilizing an alternative splice variant of the sigma-1 receptor
    Patent number: 7049425
    Abstract: A new variant of the sigma-1 (?1)receptor is useful in screening compounds useful in the imaging and treatment of proliferative masses (i.e., tumors). This new variant, named sigma—1? (?1?) finds particular use in the non-invasive diagnosis of cancer and more particularly in the diagnosis of proliferative cancer cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Wake Forest University
    Inventors: Kenneth T. Wheeler, Robert H. Mach, Steven Childers, Gregory Shelness, Li-Ming Wang
  • Methods and compositions utilizing an alternative splice variant of the sigma-1 receptor
    Publication number: 20020061847
    Abstract: A new variant of the sigma-1 (&sgr;1)receptor is useful in screening compounds useful in the imaging and treatment of proliferative masses (i.e., tumors). This new variant, named sigma—1&bgr; (&sgr;1&bgr;) finds particular use in the non-invasive diagnosis of cancer and more particularly in the diagnosis of proliferative cancer cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2001
    Publication date: May 23, 2002
    Inventors: Kenneth T. Wheeler, Robert H. Mach, Steven Childers, Gregory Shelness, Li-Ming Wang