Patents by Inventor Steve Craig West

Steve Craig West 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).

  • Publication number: 20040029130
    Abstract: A method of stimulating non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ) of DNA the method comprising performing NHEJ of DNA in the presence of inositol hexakisphosphate (IP6) or other stimulatory inositol phosphate. An assay of a protein kinase wherein the assay comprises inositol hexakisphosphate (IP6) or other stimulatory inositol phosphate. The invention also provides screening assays for compounds which may modulate NHEJ and which may be therapeutically useful; and screening assays for compounds which may modulate DNA-PK and related protein kinases and which may be therapeutically useful. Methods of modulating NHEJ and protein kinases are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2003
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Inventors: Steve Craig West, Michael Bartlett-Jones, Leslyn Ann Akemi Hanakahi