Patents by Inventor Virginia G. Tusher

Virginia G. Tusher 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 determining risk of treatment toxicity
    Patent number: 7465542
    Abstract: Methods are provided for determining whether a patient treated with an anti-proliferative agent is susceptible to toxicity. In practicing the subject methods, an expression profile for the transcriptional response to a therapy is obtained from the patient and compared to a reference profile to determine whether the patient is susceptible to toxicity. In addition, reagents and kits thereof that find use in practicing the subject methods are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Gilbert Chu, Virginia G. Tusher, Jean Tang, Kerri Elyse Rieger, Wan-Jen Hong, Robert Tibshirani
  • Methods and compositions for determining risk of treatment toxicity
    Publication number: 20040152109
    Abstract: Methods are provided for determining whether a patient treated with an anti-proliferative agent is susceptible to toxicity. In practicing the subject methods, an expression profile for the transcriptional response to a therapy is obtained from the patient and compared to a reference profile to determine whether the patient is susceptible to toxicity. In addition, reagents and kits thereof that find use in practicing the subject methods are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2003
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Inventors: Gilbert Chu, Virginia G. Tusher, Jean Tang, Kerri Elyse Rieger, Wan-Jen Hong, Robert Tibshirani