Patents by Inventor Stephen Yuen Wing Shiu

Stephen Yuen Wing Shiu 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).

  • Tumor suppressor protein and nucleotide encoding same
    Patent number: 7807626
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for suppressing tumor cell growth in a patient, comprising: administering to the patient an effective amount of an expression vector including a polynucleotide encoding a tumor suppressor protein having SEQ ID NO: 1 under conditions wherein the expression vector incorporates itself into the tumor cell genome and inhibits cell proliferation or induces cell death. The invention further provides a method for a method for inhibiting tumor cell proliferation in a tumor cell population comprising: administering to the tumor cell population an amount of a composition comprising a tumor suppressor protein having SEQ ID NO: 1 effective to inhibit tumor cell proliferation therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: The University of Hong Kong
    Inventors: Stephen Yuen Wing Shiu, Kwok Ming Yao
  • TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN AND NUCLEOTIDE ENCODING SAME
    Publication number: 20090062189
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for suppressing tumor cell growth in a patient, comprising: administering to the patient an effective amount of an expression vector including a polynucleotide encoding a tumor suppressor protein having SEQ ID NO: 1 under conditions wherein the expression vector incorporates itself into the tumor cell genome and inhibits cell proliferation or induces cell death. The invention further provides a method for a method for inhibiting tumor cell proliferation in a tumor cell population comprising: administering to the tumor cell population an amount of a composition comprising a tumor suppressor protein having SEQ ID NO: 1 effective to inhibit tumor cell proliferation therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2007
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: Stephen Yuen Wing SHIU, Kwok Ming Yao