Patents by Inventor MAI-JING LIOA

MAI-JING LIOA 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 IDENTIFICATION AND USE OF AGENTS TARGETING CANCER STEM CELLS
    Publication number: 20140294729
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods for identifying compounds and compositions that target cancer stem cells. In some aspects, the invention relates to treatment methods that use compounds and compositions that specifically target cancer stem cells for inhibiting the growth and/or survival of cancer stem cells in a subject in need thereof. Other aspects of the invention relate to the use of cancer stem cell biomarkers in the selection of a treatment for inhibiting the growth and/or survival of cancer stem cells in a subject in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicants: Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: PIYUSH GUPTA, TAMER T. ONDER, ERIC S. LANDER, ROBERT A. WEINBERG, SENDURAI MANI, MAI-JING LIOA