Patents by Inventor Lisa Hall

Lisa Hall 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 OF DIAGNOSING CANCER USING EPIGENETIC BIOMARKERS
    Publication number: 20140213475
    Abstract: The invention features methods of diagnosing cancer in a mammal (e.g., a human) by detecting a biomarker selected from a satellite II ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecule, a cancer-associated polycomb group (CAP) body, a cancer-associated satellite transcript (CAST) body, and UbH2A. Also featured is a method for identifying an agent for treating cancer in a mammal by contacting a cancer cell having a biomarker selected from a CAP body, a CAST body, and a satellite II RNA molecule with a test agent and determining whether the test agent reduces the level of the biomarker in the cancer cell. Other inventions featured are a method for determining whether a chemotherapeutic agent increases epigenetic imbalance of a cell and a method for detecting epigenetic imbalance by determining a copy number of a satellite II DNA locus at chromosome 1q12 in a cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: University of Massachusetts
    Inventors: Jeanne B. Lawrence, Lisa Hall, Meg Byron, Dawn M. Carone
  • Pet location sign
    Patent number: D421234
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 29, 2000
    Inventors: Lisa Hall, Charles Hall