Posts Tagged ‘Medical patent’
Organics Continues to Provide Patenting Opportunities
As these researchers, other scientists and medical practitioners, and entrepreneurs in areas far afield show us, organic solutions are solutions we can use and, in some cases, vitally need. Look into your own field of expertise--what uninvented organic solution might advance our bodies' abilities to develop and/or function? I, for one, would love to know, and, from what I've seen, the world would,... Read More
Announcing a Patented Remedy for Leukemia
Clinical trials have shown significant successes in halting a particular form of the disease known as Philadelphia chromosome-positive (Ph+) chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) even into its most advanced stages. 1,100 newly diagnosed patients participated in the study with clinicians following their treatment throughout the course of the disease's progression.
Medical Patent Opportunity in “Skin Cell Therapy”?
Researchers at the Whitehead Institute of Biomedical Research in Massachussetts are conducting intense research to discover a safe way to turn skin cells into stem cells. Partly, this is to skirt around the ethics controversy surrounding the use of stem cells and partly it reflects the ready abundance of skin cells.
Avicena Receives Drug Patent
Acivena has announced the USPTO has granted a patent (#7,285,573) for use of their proprietary drug candidates to battle ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), otherwise known as Lou Gherig‘s disease. This patent joins an expanding portfolio of Acivena drugs for treating ALS, all aimed at slowing the disease’s progress and "improving the quality of life for patients."
Will Medical Patent Turn Tobacco into a Hero?
According to an article at Medindia.net, the institute extracts solanesol for its use in combating cancer and cardiac conditions?of all things. It's interesting to consider which tobacco is more responsible for: causing cancer or curing it?
