Patents by Inventor Kenneth B. Ain

Kenneth B. Ain 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).

  • Iodine uptake restoration in thyroid cancer
    Patent number: 7029879
    Abstract: A method of expressing a tumor specific therapeutic response element in a cancerous cell is disclosed in which the response element was previously blocked from expression. The method comprises the step of administering an unblocking agent to the cancerous cell harboring a gene encoding the response element, thereby resulting in the expression of the response element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: University of Kentucky Research Foundation
    Inventors: Kenneth B. Ain, Gopalakrishnan Venkataraman