Patents by Inventor Kazumasa Miyawaki

Kazumasa Miyawaki 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).

  • Induction of Insulin Secreting Cell
    Publication number: 20070231897
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing insulin secreting cells to be used in cell transplantation therapy of diabetes, by induction from pancreatic acinar cells in culture vessels. The method comprises culturing pancreatic acinar cells isolated from a mammal in a medium containing a growth factor, preferably epidermal growth factor, fibroblast growth factor and/or hepatocyte growth factor, to induce insulin secreting cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2005
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Applicants: KYOTO UNIVERSITY, JCR PHARMACEUTICALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Susumu Seino, Kohtaro Minami, Masaaki Okuno, Kazumasa Miyawaki
  • Agents for preventing or ameliorating insulin resistance and/or obesity
    Publication number: 20030157107
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a prophylactic or ameliorative agent for insulin resistance and/or obesity based on a new concept, and a screening method therefor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2003
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Inventors: Kazumasa Miyawaki, Yuichiro Yamada, Nobuhiro Ban, Yutaka Seino, Yoshiharu Tubamoto, Motohiro Takeda, Hiroyuki Hashimoto, Tokuyuki Yamashita, Takahito Jomori