Patents by Inventor James MacMurray

James MacMurray 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).

  • Acid phosphatase (acp1)gene as a susceptibility locus for hyperlipidemia
    Publication number: 20050055732
    Abstract: The ACP1 *A allele provides a means for diagnosing susceptability of a human subject to hyperlipidemia, especially hyperlipidemia associated with metabolic syndrome, a means for treating, or preventing the onset of, hyperlipidemia and metabolic syndrome, and a means for screening and identifying drugs suitable for use in treating or preventing hyperlipidemia, especially hyperlipidemia associated with metabolic syndrome. Diagnostic kits are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2002
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Inventors: David Comings, James MacMurray, Nunzio Bottini
  • Methods for predicting survival rate in patients having multiple sclerosis
    Publication number: 20040091915
    Abstract: A deletion mutant associated with CCR5, particularly a CCR5 delta 32 deletion mutant, and its use for predicting the survival rate of patients having multiple sclerosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2003
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Inventors: David Comings, James MacMurray, Lawrence A. Cone, Radhika Gade-Andavolu