Patents by Inventor Victoria Wargon

Victoria Wargon 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 treating antiprogestin-resistant cancers
    Patent number: 10039806
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions for treating cancer patients, and in particular, breast cancer patients, who are responsive to antiprogestin therapy, or who may be induced to be responsive to an antiprogestin therapy through the administration of a demethylation agent, optionally together with an HDAC inhibitor. Further, the present invention relates to a method of screening cancer patients using BCL-XL as a marker protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: FUNDACION SALES
    Inventors: Claudia L. Lanari, Victoria Wargon, Paola Rojas, Maria May, Gonzalo Sequeira
  • METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING ANTIPROGESTIN-RESISTANT CANCERS
    Publication number: 20150202261
    Abstract: The invention provides methods, pharmaceutical compositions and kits for treating a subject having a carcinoma that is resistant to an antiprogestin. In particular, the methods comprise increasing the molar amount of progesterone receptor isoform A (PR-A) so that it is greater than that of isoform B (PR-B) and administering a therapeutically effective amount of an antiprogestin to the subject, thereby treating the carcinoma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Claudia L. Lanari, Victoria Wargon, Paola Rojas, Maria May, Gonzalo Sequeira