Patents by Inventor Maria Lara-Rodriguez

Maria Lara-Rodriguez 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).

  • Recombinant vaccine from gE, gI, and gB proteins of the varicella-zoster virus for the treatment and prevention of multiple sclerosis
    Publication number: 20060121052
    Abstract: Varicella-zoster virus belongs to the herpesvirus family and its main host are humans, producing 2 different diseases: varicella in children and young adults and zoster in elder or immunodepressed subjects. We reported in the scientific medical literature the unexpected finding that the role of varicella-zoster virus in the pathogeny of Multiple Sclerosis (Archives of Neurology 61: 529-532). This finding allows us to foresee the use of a vaccine against this virus with preventive and therapeutic ends for multiple sclerosis which eventually could also be applicable in the prevention of varicella and zoster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2005
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Inventors: Julio Sotelo-Morales, Maria Lara-Rodriguez, Benjamin Pineda-Olvera