Patents by Inventor L. Darryl Quarles

L. Darryl Quarles 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 TREATING A DISORDER BY REGULATING GPRC6A
    Publication number: 20090142323
    Abstract: A disorder related to a non-genomic androgen response or a metabolic syndrome can be treated, inhibited, and/or prevented by regulating an expression level and/or activity of GPRC6A. Such a method can include identifying an individual with a disorder associated with a non-genomic androgen response or metabolic syndrome; and administering to the individual in need thereof an agent capable of regulating an expression level and/or activity of GPRC6A thereby treating the disorder associated with the non-genomic androgen response or metabolic syndrome. The regulation of GPRC6A can increase or decrease the concentration of a sex hormone within said individual, as needed for a particular disease. Such regulating can also be used to treat, inhibit, or prevent the symptoms of such a disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Inventors: L. Darryl Quarles, Min Pi
  • Aluminum salts in the treatment of bone disease
    Patent number: 5460835
    Abstract: A method for stimulating the formation of new mammalian bone, which entails administering an effective amount of one or more water-soluble aluminum salts to a mammal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1995
    Assignee: Duke University
    Inventors: Marc Drezner, L. Darryl Quarles
  • Aluminum salts in the treatment of bone disease
    Patent number: 5019401
    Abstract: A method for stimulating the formation of new mammalian bone, which entails administering an effective amount of one or more water-soluble aluminum salts to a mammal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1991
    Assignee: Duke University
    Inventors: Marc K. Drezner, L. Darryl Quarles