Patents by Inventor Norbert Albers

Norbert Albers 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 augmenting fetal hemoglobin by treatment with activin and/or inhibin
    Patent number: 4997815
    Abstract: A method is provided for inhibiting the .gamma.-globin to .beta.-globin switching in subjects afflicted with .beta.-globin disorders. The method is particularly adapted for ameliorating the clinical symptoms of sickle cell disease or .beta.-thalassemias by periodically introducing into the subject prio r to natural completion of the switching process activin, inhibin, an inhibin chain or mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1991
    Assignees: Children's Hospital Medical Center of Northern California, Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Susan P. Perrine, Norbert Albers