Patents by Inventor Jason K. Kim

Jason K. Kim 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).

  • Publication number: 20030165430
    Abstract: The present invention provides a transgenic Fatty Acid Transport One (FATP1), non-human knockout mammal, e.g., mammal, useful for elucidating the function of FATP in intact animals whose genomes comprise a wild-type FATP gene. Further aspects of the invention provide a method for the identification of agents, e.g., therapeutic agents, that inhibit FATP1 activity, and methods of treating diseases or conditions associated with FATP1 function, e.g., insulin resistance, non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, and cellular triglyceride accumulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2002
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Applicant: Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
    Inventors: Gerald I. Shulman, Jason K. Kim, Ruth E. Gimeno, Harvey F. Lodish, David J. Hirsch, Andreas Stahl