Patents by Inventor Stephen N. Gacheru

Stephen N. Gacheru 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).

Anti-fibrotic agents and methods for inhibiting the activity of lysyl oxidase in-situ using adjacently positioned diamine analogue substrates

Patent number: 4997854

Abstract: A class of anti-fibrotic agents and methods for their use as effective inhibitor substrate analogues of lysyl oxidase in-situ are provided. The inhibitory substrate analogues comprise adjacently positioned diamine compositions which may be employed in-vivo to therapeutically treat a wide variety of different pathological fibrotic diseases, disorders, and abnormalities.

Type: Grant

Filed: August 25, 1989

Date of Patent: March 5, 1991

Assignee: Trustees of Boston University

Inventors: Herbert M. Kagan, Stephen N. Gacheru

Anti-fibrotic agents and methods for inhibiting the activity of lysyl oxidase in-situ using adjacently positioned diamine analogue substrates