Patents by Inventor Jennifer Margaret Tursi

Jennifer Margaret Tursi 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).

  • Method for predicting the sensitivity to chemotherapy
    Patent number: 6969592
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of cancer treatment and, more particularly, it relates to a method for predicting the sensitivity towards chemotherapy of a patient, by measuring glutathione (GSH) blood levels of the said patient undergoing chemotherapeutic treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignees: Pharmacia Italia S.p.A., Pharmacia & Upjohn Company LLC
    Inventors: Camilla Fowst, Maria Christina Rosa Geroni, Jennifer Margaret Tursi, Franzanne Vreeland
  • Method for predicting the sensitivity to chemotherapy
    Publication number: 20030096325
    Abstract: Herewith described is a novel method for predicting the sensitivity towards chemotherapy, of a patient in need thereof, which comprises obtaining a blood sample from the patient and detecting the levels of blood glutathione (GSH) as a surrogate marker for glutathione-S-transferase (GST) activity in tumor tissues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2001
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Inventors: Camilla Fowst, Maria Christina Rosa Geroni, Jennifer Margaret Tursi, Franzanne Vreeland