Patents by Inventor Massimiliano Di Pietro

Massimiliano Di Pietro 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).

  • METHOD FOR DETERMINING IF A SUBJECT HAS AN INCREASED LIKELIHOOD OF HIGH GRADE DYSPLASIA OR ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA
    Publication number: 20150168409
    Abstract: Some embodiments are related to a method for determining if a subject has an increased likelihood of high grade dysplasia (HGD) or esophagal adenocarcinoma (EC). An exemplary method can include providing a sample from an AFI patch of the subject's esophagus, assaying the sample for (i) aneuploidy, and (ii) abnormal p53, and (iii) abnormal Cyclin A, wherein if the sample shows the presence of at least two of (i), (ii) and (iii), then the subject is determined as having an increased likelihood of high grade dysplasia (HGD) or esophagal adenocarcinoma (EC). The invention also relates to certain methods of medical treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicants: The University of Cambridge, Medical Research Council
    Inventors: Massimiliano Di Pietro, Rebecca Fitzgerald, Xinxue Liu