Patents by Inventor Tula Christy Papas

Tula Christy Papas 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 compositions for diagnosis and treatment of cancer based on the transcription factor ets2
    Publication number: 20040047845
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for treating and preventing cancer by modifying the expression of ets2 gene expression or the activity of the gene product. The invention also relates to sensitizing cancer cells to chemotherapeutic or radiotherapeutic agents. Ets2 gene expression and/or activity of the gene product can be modulated using antisense ets2 nucleic acids and/or modified ets2 proteins. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions which comprise antisense ets2 nucleic acid, and nucleic acid that encode modified ets2 proteins and/or modified ets2 proteins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2001
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Applicant: MUSC Foundation For Research Development
    Inventors: Dennis K. Watson, Takis S. Papas, Tula Christy Papas
  • Methods and compositions for diagnosis and treatment of cancer based on the transcription factor ets2
    Publication number: 20020081601
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for treating and preventing cancer by modifying the expression of ets2 gene expression or the activity of the gene product. The invention also relates to sensitizing cancer cells to chemotherapeutic or radiotherapeutic agents. Ets2 gene expression and/or activity of the gene product can be modulated using antisense ets2 nucleic acids and/or modified ets2 proteins. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions which comprise antisense ets2 nucleic acid, and nucleic acid that encode modified ets2 proteins and/or modified ets2 proteins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2001
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Applicant: MUSC Foundation For Research Development.
    Inventors: Dennis K. Watson, Tula Christy Papas