Patents by Inventor Victoria L. M. Herrera

Victoria L. M. Herrera 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).

  • Roles For Dual Endothelin-1/Angiotensin II Receptor (DEAR) In Hypertension and Angiogenesis
    Publication number: 20090028852
    Abstract: The present application is directed to the identification of mutations and/or polymorphisms in the Dual Endothelin-1/Angiotensin II Receptor (Dear) that indicate susceptibility to, or show current affliction with, hypertension. Additionally, the present invention discloses methods for the modulation of angiogenesis via the regulation of Dear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2005
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: Trustees of Boston University
    Inventors: Victoria L.M. Herrera, Nelson Ruiz-Opazo
  • Method of assaying modulators of hypertension
    Patent number: 6844483
    Abstract: The invention features methods for assaying compounds that affect hypertension by using an animal model with a functionally variant hypertension susceptibility gene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Assignee: NoMI LLC
    Inventors: Nelson Ruiz-Opazo, Victoria L. M. Herrera
  • Animal models for cardiac disease
    Publication number: 20030140357
    Abstract: The invention features a non-human transgenic mammal that exhibits an atherosclerosis phenotype as a consequence of the expression of a transgene encoding mammalian cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP). The transgenic model of the invention is unique in its development of the full spectrum of coronary artery disease that simulates human histopathology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2002
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Inventors: Victoria L. M. Herrera, Nelson Ruiz-Opazo