Patents by Inventor Qiang Gao

Qiang Gao 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).

  • Treatment of inner ear hair cells
    Patent number: 6156728
    Abstract: Compositions, methods, and devices are provided for inducing or enhancing the growth, proliferation, regeneration of inner ear tissue, particularly inner ear hair cells. In addition, provided are compositions and methods for prophylactic or therapeutic treatment of a mammal afflicted with an inner ear disorder or condition, particularly for hearing impairments involving hair cell damage, loss, or degeneration, by administration of a therapeutically effective amount of IGF-1 or FGF-2, or their agonists, alone or in combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventor: Wei-Qiang Gao
  • Treatment of balance impairments
    Patent number: 6121235
    Abstract: Compositions and methods are provided for prophylactic or therapeutic treatment of balance impairments involving neuronal damage, loss, or degeneration, preferably of vestibular ganglion neurons, in an animal by administration of an effective amount of a trkB or trkC agonist, particularly a neurotrophin, more preferably NT-4/5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventor: Wei-Qiang Gao