Patents by Inventor Tara Louise Walker

Tara Louise Walker 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).

  • Latent neural stem cell population
    Patent number: 9890358
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a latent neural stem cell population which is capable of activation by membrane depolarization of a neural cell population, isolation and culture of same, and uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: The University of Queensland
    Inventors: Tara Louise Walker, Perry Francis Bartlett
  • LATENT NEURAL STEM CELL POPULATION
    Publication number: 20120195860
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a latent neural stem cell population which is capable of activation by membrane depolarization of a neural cell population, isolation and culture of same, and uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2008
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventors: Tara Louise Walker, Perry Francis Bartlett
  • METHOD OF INDUCING PROLIFERATION AND/OR DIFFERENTIATION OF NEURAL PRECURSOR CELLS BY INTRODUCING PROLACTIN OR WNT3A TO ACTIVATE LATENT NEURAL PRECURSOR CELLS
    Publication number: 20110244569
    Abstract: A method of inducing proliferation and/or differentiation of a hippocampal cell population activating a latent neural precursor cell, enriching a cell population for neural precursor cells and treating neurodegenerative diseases and/or repopulating a damaged hippocampus by introducing prolactin or Wnt3a so as to activate a latent neural precursor cell population.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2009
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventors: Tara Louise Walker, Perry Francls Bartlett