Patents by Inventor Shahin Rafil

Shahin Rafil 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).

  • INHIBITION OF ANGIOGENESIS
    Publication number: 20110184043
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the microRNA miR-126 and to inhibitors of miR-126 that regulate angiogenesis. The present invention provides compositions and methods for the inhibition of miR-126 and for the inhibition of angiogenesis in vivo.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2009
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: CORNELL RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Mariana Lagos-quintana, Shahin Rafil, Sai H. Chavala
  • METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PROMOTING SURVIVAL & PROLIFERATION OF ENDOTHELIAL CELLS & STIMULATING ANGIOGENESIS
    Publication number: 20100093081
    Abstract: The present invention relates to adenovirus E4ORF 1 gene and to endothelial cells engineered to express the E40RF 1 gene. The present invention also relates to uses of the E40RF 1 gene, and cells expressing the E40RF1 gene, and to compositions comprising the E4ORF 1 gene, or comprising cells expressing the E4ORF 1 gene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicants: CORNELL RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC., SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH
    Inventors: Shahin Rafil, Fan Zhang, Marco Seandel