Patents by Inventor Terry B. Storm

Terry B. Storm 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).

  • Methods and compounds for prevention of graft rejection
    Publication number: 20030223970
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of localized immunosuppression which may be used for preventing graft rejection or for preventing tissue destruction due to autoimmune disease. Also disclosed is a protein suppressor factor that is secreted by cloned anergic T-cells, blocks interleukin 2 (IL-2) stimulated T-cell proliferation, has an apparent molecular weight of between 10 and 30 kilodaltons, can be inactivated by heating to 65° C. for 15 minutes, blocks interleukin 4 (IL-4) stimulated T-cell proliferation in vitro, is non-cytotoxic to T-cells, and does not inhibit the production of IL-2 by T-cells in vitro.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2001
    Publication date: December 4, 2003
    Applicant: Beth Israel Hospital Association, a Massachusetts corporation
    Inventors: Terry B. Storm, Towia Libermann
  • Methods and compounds for prevention of graft rejection
    Publication number: 20020164311
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of localized immunosuppression which may be used for preventing graft rejection or for preventing tissue destruction due to autoimmune disease. Also disclosed is a protein suppressor factor that is secreted by cloned anergic T-cells, blocks interleukin 2 (IL-2) stimulated T-cell proliferation, has an apparent molecular weight of between 10 and 30 kilodaltons, can be inactivated by heating to 65° C. for 15 minutes, blocks interleukin 4 (IL-4) stimulated T-cell proliferation in vitro, is non-cytotoxic to T-cells, and does not inhibit the production of IL-2 by T-cells in vitro.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2001
    Publication date: November 7, 2002
    Applicant: Beth Israel Hospital Association, a Massachusetts corporation
    Inventors: Terry B. Storm, Towia Libermann