Patents by Inventor Sandra K. Ruscetti

Sandra K. Ruscetti 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).

  • DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF DISEASES OR DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH XENOTROPIC MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS
    Publication number: 20110117056
    Abstract: Methods of detecting, diagnosing, monitoring or managing an XMRV-related neuroimmune disease such as chronic fatigue syndrome or XMRV-related lymphoma such as mantle cell lymphoma in a subject are disclosed. These methods comprise determining presence, absence or quantity an XMRV immunopeptide, an XMRV antigen, or an XMRV nucleic acid in a sample from a subject. Therapeutic methods of treatment with anti-retroviral agents are also disclosed. Further disclosed are assays for testing compounds having activity against XMRV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: Whittemore Peterson Institute for Neuro-Immune Disease
    Inventors: Judy A. Mikovits, Vincent C. Lombardi, Sandra K. Ruscetti, Francis W. Ruscetti
  • SEROCONVERSION ASSAYS FOR DETECTING XENOTROPIC MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS-RELATED VIRUS
    Publication number: 20100167268
    Abstract: Methods of detecting, diagnosing, monitoring or managing an XMRV-related disease such as an XMRV-related neuroimmune disease such as chronic fatigue syndrome or an XMRV-related lymphoma such as mantle cell lymphoma in a subject are disclosed. These methods comprise determining presence, absence or quantity of antibodies against XMRV in a sample from a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventors: Judy A. Mikovits, Francis W. Ruscetti, Sandra K. Ruscetti