Patents by Inventor John C. GANT

John C. GANT 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 FOR DIAGNOSING AND TREATING ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE (AD) USING THE MOLECULES THAT STABILIZE INTRACELLULAR CALCIUM (Ca2+)
    Publication number: 20130123188
    Abstract: The subject technology relates, in part, to a method of treating Alzheimer's Disease (AD), early-stage AD, elevated risk of AD, mild cognitive impairment (MCI), or other forms of age-related cognitive decline in a subject in need thereof by administering to the subject a molecule that promotes calcium-release stabilization in ryanodine receptors (RyRs) and/or inosital triphosphate receptors (InsP3Rs) in brain cells. Diagnostic methods using calcium-release stabilizing immunophilins, junctophilins or calmodulin are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Philip W. LANDFIELD, John C. GANT, Eric M. BLALOCK, Kuey-Chu CHEN