Patents by Inventor Susan Bonner-Weir

Susan Bonner-Weir 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).

  • Compositions and methods for promoting beta cell maturity
    Patent number: 9328331
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for providing an enriched population of mature, glucose-responsive insulin secreting cells, and for modulating insulin expression, activity and secretion in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Joslin Diabetes Center, Inc.
    Inventors: Susan Bonner-Weir, Arun Sharma, Cristina Aguayo-Mazzucato
  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PROMOTING BETA CELL MATURITY
    Publication number: 20120141436
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for providing an enriched population of mature, glucose-responsive insulin secreting cells, and for modulating insulin expression, activity and secretion in a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER, INC.
    Inventors: Susan Bonner-Weir, Arun Sharma, Cristina Aguayo-Mazzucato
  • Methods of making pancreatic islet cells
    Publication number: 20050069529
    Abstract: The invention features methods of promoting dedifferentiation of pancreatic cells, methods of obtaining pancreatic islet cells from the dedifferentiated pancreatic cells, and methods of treating a subject having a disorder characterized by insufficient pancreatic islet function by administering pancreatic islet cells obtained by these methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Inventors: Susan Bonner-Weir, Monica Taneja
  • Methods of making pancreatic islet cells
    Patent number: 6815203
    Abstract: The invention features methods of promoting dedifferentiation of pancreatic cells, methods of obtaining pancreatic islet cells from the dedifferentiated pancreatic cells, and methods of treating a subject having a disorder characterized by insufficient pancreatic islet function by administering pancreatic islet cells obtained by these methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: Joslin Diabetes Center, Inc.
    Inventors: Susan Bonner-Weir, Monica Taneja