Patents by Inventor Vitor M. Faca

Vitor M. Faca 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).

  • Publication number: 20100092476
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of diagnosing, prognosing or screening for pancreatic cancer in a subject. The method may be carried out on a sample such as a blood or tissue sample collected from the subject. The is carried out by (a) detecting one or more markers in a biological sample of said subject, said markers selected from the markers set forth in Table 1 (e.g. one or more markers selected from the group set forth in Table 2, and/or the group consisting of ALCAM, TIMP-1, ICAM1, LCN2, REG1A, REG3, IGFBP4, TNFRSF1A and WFDC2); and (b) determining an altered level of said marker(s), said altered level indicating said subject may be afflicted with or at risk of developing pancreatic cancer. Kits useful for carrying out the methods are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2007
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventors: Samir M. Hanash, Vitor M. Faca, Kenneth Song, Nabeel El-Bardeesy, Ronald A. DePinho