Patents by Inventor Wendy MacFarlane

Wendy MacFarlane 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).

  • Glucose responsive &bgr;-cell line
    Patent number: 6372501
    Abstract: The present invention provides an immortalized insulin producing human &bgr;-cell which may be rendered glucose responsive by suitable bioengineering methods. The invention also provides a method for producing an immortalized glucose responsive insulin producing human &bgr;-cell comprising the steps of selecting an unregulated immortalized human insulin secreting &bgr;-cell, transecting said selected cell line with elements for the genetic control of glucose responsiveness and proliferating said transfected &bgr;-cell accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignees: Aberdeen University, The University of Sheffield, The University of Leicester, University College London
    Inventors: Albert Aynsley-Green, Keith Lindley, Kevin Docherty, Mark Dunne, Wendy MacFarlane, Roger Frank Lever James