Patents by Inventor Perry Blackshear

Perry Blackshear 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).

  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DIAGNOSING AND TREATING CANCER
    Publication number: 20100055705
    Abstract: The invention is drawn novel methods and compositions for the treatment of cancer, and for the diagnosis and prognosis of cancer in a subject. In particular aspects, the invention relates to the finding that the protein tristetraprolin (TTP) is decreased or repressed in a myriad and diversity of cancers. To this end, TTP represents a viable therapeutic option for the treatment of cancer. Additionally, TTP represents a clinically useful biomarker for the diagnosis and prognosis of cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Inventors: Gerald M. Wilson, Sarah Brennan, Nadim Alkharouf, Yuki Kuwano, Perry Blackshear, Myriam Gorospe
  • Compositions and methods for diagnostics and therapeutics for hydrocephalus
    Publication number: 20050181369
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to RFX4_v3 protein and nucleic acids encoding the RFX4_v3 protein. The present disclosure provides non-human transgenic animals with altered RFX4_v3 genes, and provides assays for the detection of RFX4_v3 and RFX4_v3 polymorphisms associated with disease states. The present disclosure additionally provides methods of determining a subjects' risk of developing congenital hydrocephalus, and treating or inhibiting its development.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2003
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Inventors: Perry Blackshear, Darryl Zeldin, Joan Graves, Deborah Stumpo