Patents by Inventor Yukari UMEHARA

Yukari UMEHARA 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 ASSISTING DETERMINATION OF HEMATOLOGICAL STAGE OF CHILDHOOD ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA
    Publication number: 20190161810
    Abstract: Provided are a method for assisting in determining the hematological stage of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (child ALL), and an in-vitro diagnostic pharmaceutical product usable in the method. The method for assisting in determining the hematological stage of child ALL comprises the steps of (1) obtaining the mRNA level of Wilms' tumor-1 gene (WT1) in at least one of the biological samples of peripheral blood and bone marrow fluid from a test subject; (2) obtaining the GAPDH mRNA level in the biological sample; and (3) calculating an index value necessary for assisting in the determination based on the ratio of the WT1 mRNA level obtained in step (1) to the GAPDH mRNA level obtained in step (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihide MIYAZAKI, Yukari UMEHARA, Osamu KOSAKA, Kimiyoshi SUDOU