Patents by Inventor M. Zakir Hossain

M. Zakir Hossain 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
    Patent number: 7700824
    Abstract: A non-human animal which has a reduced amount of functional TAZ polypeptide and/or TAZ-like polypeptide, or a reduced amount of nucleic acid encoding said polypeptide. A method for generating a non-human animal which develops PKD comprising reducing the amount of functional TAZ polypeptide and/or TAZ-like polypeptide, or nucleic acid encoding said polypeptide. A method of screening for compounds of use in preventing or treating PKD wherein a non-human animal is administered with a test compound and the effect of the test compound on the amount or function of TAZ polypeptide and/or a TAZ-like polypeptide and/or a polypeptide regulated by TAZ or a TAZ-like polypeptide function, or the amount of nucleic acid encoding said polypeptide, is assessed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Agency for Science, Technology and Research
    Inventors: M. Zakir Hossain, Walter Hunziker