Patents by Inventor Vijayakumar Ramiya

Vijayakumar Ramiya 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).

  • Method for transdifferentiation of non-pancreatic stem cells to the pancreatic pathway
    Publication number: 20070020242
    Abstract: The subject invention relates to a method of transdifferentiating mammalian non-pancreatic stem cells, such a mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), to enter the pancreatic differentiation pathway. The MSCs are cultured under conditions that permit the expression of pancreatic differentiation markers, and these conditions include use of: (a) culture conditions that promote cell clustering; and/or (b) medium comprising glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) and/or nicotinamide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2004
    Publication date: January 25, 2007
    Applicant: IXION BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Vijayakumar Ramiya
  • Diagnosing sjogren's syndrome
    Publication number: 20050042689
    Abstract: The invention includes compositions and methods for detection of antibodies to the muscarinic adrenergic receptor type 3 (M3R), useful in the diagnosis of autoimmune diseases including Sjögren's sydrome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2004
    Publication date: February 24, 2005
    Inventors: Ammon Peck, Seunghee Cha, Vijayakumar Ramiya, Juehua Gao, Debra Humphreys-Baher, Michael Humphreys-Beher
  • Method for transdifferentiation of non pancreatic stem cells to the pancreatic differentiation pathway
    Publication number: 20020182728
    Abstract: The subject invention comprises culture methods for transdifferentiation of non-pancreatic stem cells to the pancreatic differentiation pathway. It also concerns the endocrine hormones that can be produced by such cultures, and the use of the transdifferentiated cells in the treatment of pancreatic diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2002
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Inventors: Vijayakumar Ramiya, Amy Clark