Patents by Inventor Shannon K. Hughes-Alford

Shannon K. Hughes-Alford 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 of enhancing the efficacy of anti-hepatocyte growth factor receptor breast cancer therapy by administering an inhibitor of mena
    Patent number: 10114023
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided for diagnosing or inhibiting invasion or metastasis of a cancer in a subject based on MenaINV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignees: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank B. Gertler, Shannon K. Hughes-Alford, Douglas A. Lauffenburger, Jason Neil, Forest White, John S. Condeelis, Madeleine J. Oudin
  • MENA AND ALPHA5 INTEGRIN INTERACTION
    Publication number: 20150079113
    Abstract: Methods are provided for treating invasion of a tumor or metastasis of a tumor in a subject comprising administering to the subject an agent which inhibits the interaction of Mena with an alpha5 integrin. Assays for identifying agents that inhibit interaction of Mena with an alpha5 integrin are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Frank B. Gertler, Stephanie Gupton, Daisy Riquelme, Shannon K. Hughes-Alford, Madeleine J. Oudin
  • MENAINV AND CANCER INVASION AND METASTASIS
    Publication number: 20150044234
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided for diagnosing or inhibiting invasion or metastasis of a cancer in a subject based on MenaINV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicants: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE OF YESHIVA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Frank B. Gertler, Shannon K. Hughes-Alford, Douglas A. Lauffenburger, Jason Neil, Forest White, John S. Condeelis, Madeleine J. Oudin