Patents by Inventor Máire E. Doyle

Máire E. Doyle 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).

  • Uses of notch receptors, notch ligands, and notch modulators in methods related to metabolic diseases
    Patent number: 7888116
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for identifying and isolating a precursor cell. Also, disclosed are methods of increasing insulin synthesis from a pancreatic B-cell. Further, disclosed are methods of improving pancreatic B-cell function. Still further, disclosed are methods of preventing or delaying the onset of a metabolic disease, methods of treating or preventing a metabolic disease in a subject, and to compositions for treating or preventing a metabolic disease in a subject in need of such treatment or prevention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Josephine M. Egan, Máire E. Doyle