Patents by Inventor John Roderick Morrison

John Roderick Morrison 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).

  • Follistatin isoforms and uses thereof
    Publication number: 20070135336
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to regulating biological developmental process such as the biological functions involved in such developmental processes including growth and survival of an animal and particularly to methods of modifying the developmental processes and biological functions in cells. The invention also relates to methods of preventing and treating biological-development related conditions by regulating the developmental processes and modifying the biological functions in the cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2004
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Inventors: David De Kretser, John Roderick Morrison, Shyr-Yeu Lin
  • Long-term cell-culture compositions and genetically modified animals derived therefrom
    Publication number: 20030143737
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to neural stem cells, preferably foetal neural stem cells and their progeny thereof. The present invention provides methods of isolating, culturing and propagating neural stem cells preferably foetal neural stem cells and the development of neural stem cell lines and lineages. The present invention also relates to the use of neural stem cells and somatic cells (eg rat fetal fibroblasts) and cells expressing the telomerase catalytic component (TERT) for gene targeting and gene knockout experiments and for producing genetically modified animals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2000
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Applicant: MONASH UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: John Roderick Morrison, Eric Shannon Hayes, Martin Frederick Pera, Orly Lacham-Kaplan, Alan Osborne Trounson