UCF faculty, students, and staff make new discoveries every day. This collection highlights patents obtained by the Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences since 2003.
A listing of all UCF patents, can be found here.
Patents from 2015
Methods and Compositions Comprising a C-Terminal Bax Peptide (US), Annette Khaled, Rebecca Boohaker, Michael Lee, and J. Manuel Perez Figueroa
MCPIP as wound therapy, Pappachan Kolattukudy and Jianli Niu
Vigor enhancement via administration of pyrimidine derivatives (CA), Kiminobu Sugaya and Angel Alvarez
Methods and products for biasing cellular development, Kiminobu Sugaya, Angel Alvarez, and Amelia Marutle
A method of biasing implanted human neural stem cells away from differentiation into glial cells by (+)phenserine to modulate the concentration of soluble ßapp in tissue or csf, Kiminobu Sugaya, Young-Don Kwak, and Amelia Marutle
Use of modified pyrimidine compounds to promote stem cell migration and proliferation (CON DIV), Kiminobu Sugaya and Tingyu Qu
Systems and methods of camera-based fingertip tracking (CIP), Kiminobu Sugaya and Andrew Sugaya
Inhibitors of Stat3 (US), James Turkson and Andrew Hamilton
Patents from 2014
Co-targeting of aurora a kinase and lim kinase 1 for cancer therapy, Ratna Chakrabarti
Methods and compositions for inhibiting the proliferation of cancer cells (DIV), Ratna Chakrabarti
Methods and products for reawakening retrocyclins, Alexander Cole
MCPIP as wound therapy, Pappachan Kolattukudy and Jianli Niu
Methods and materials for increasing potency of cells (CON 1), Kiminobu Sugaya and Angel Alvarez
Stem cell banking system, Kiminobu Sugaya and Angel Alvarez
System for manipulation, modification and editing of images via remote device (US-CIP), Kiminobu Sugaya, Balaji Gandhi, and Srikanth Yellanki
Compositions for treating or delaying the onset of hair loss (US), Kiminobu Sugaya and Stephanie Merchant
Drug composition cytotoxic for pancreatic cancer cells (US), James Turkson
Compounds that suppress cancer cells and exhibit antitumor activity, James Turkson and Patrick Gunning
Substituted 2-hydroxy-4-(2-(phenylsulfonamido)acetamido)benzoic acid analogs as inhibitors of stat proteins (US), James Turkson and Patrick Gunning
Patents from 2013
Methods and compositions for inhibiting the proliferation of cancer cells (CON), Ratna Chakrabarti
PNMT as a novel marker for progenitor cells, Steven Ebert and Karl Pfeifer
In vitro model of latent mycobacterial infection, Pappachan Kolattukudy, Jaiyanth Daniel, Chirajyoti Deb, and Tatiana Sirakova
Mesenchymal stem cells with increased developmental potency by expressing Nanog, Kiminobu Sugaya and Angel Alvarez
Methods and products for biasing cellular development, Kiminobu Sugaya, Angel Alvarez, and Amelia Marutle
Method of promoting apoptosis of glioblastoma tumor cells, Kiminobu Sugaya, Angel Alvarez, and Stacey Mount
Method of inhibiting AB-type bacterial toxins and treatment for associated diseases, Michael Taylor and Kenneth Teter
Compounds that suppress cancer cells and exhibit antitumor activity (US), James Turkson and Patrick Gunning
STAT3 inhibitor having anti-cancer activity and associated methods (EP), James Turkson, Andrew Hamilton, Richard Jove, and Said Sebti
STAT3 inhibitor having anti-cancer activity and methods (US), James Turkson, Andrew Hamilton, Richard Jove, and Said Sebti
Patents from 2012
In vitro model of latent mycobacterial infection (DIV I), Pappachan Kolattukudy, Jaiyanth Daniel, Chirajyoti Deb, and Tatiana Sirakova
In vitro model of latent mycobacterial infection (DIV II), Pappachan Kolattukudy, Jaiyanth Daniel, Chirajyoti Deb, and Tatiana Sirakova
Systems and methods of camera-based fingertip tracking, Andrew Sugaya
Methods for increasing potency of adult mesenchymal stem cells, Kiminobu Sugaya and Angel Alvarez
Methods for modifying stem cell characteristics, Kiminobu Sugaya and Angel Alvarez
Mammalian multipotent stem cells and compositions, methods of preparation and methods of administration thereof, Kiminobu Sugaya, Christopher Brannen, Xiajing Dong, Hojoong Kim, Jose Pulido, Tingyu Qu, and Ankur Vaghani
Tissue substitutes comprising stem cells and reduced ceria (DIV), Kiminobu Sugaya, Petya Georgiva, Stephanie Merchant, Sudipta Seal, and Manny Vrotsos
Use of modified pyrimidine compounds to promote stem cell migration and proliferation (CON DIV), Kiminobu Sugaya and Tingyu Qu
Methods and compounds for inhibition of cell death, Antonis Zervos
Patents from 2011
Expression of protective antigens in transgenic chloroplasts and the production of improved vaccines (EP), Henry Daniell
Plastid transformation vectors for expressing proinsulin fused to the cholera toxin B-subunit in plants (EP DIV), Henry Daniell
Targeting of long chain triacylglycerol hydrolase gene for tuberculosis treatment (CON), Pappachan Kolattukudy, Jaiyanth Daniel, and Chirajyoti Deb
In Vitro Model of Latent Mycobacterial Infection, Pappachan Kolattukudy, Jaiyanth Daniel, Chirajyoti Deb, and Tatiana Sirakova
Targeting of triacylglycerol synthase gene for tuberculosis treatment (CON), Pappachan Kolattukudy, Jaiyanth Daniel, Vinod Dubey, and Tatiana Sirakova
Targeting of MKRNI for identifying cancer treatment agents, Mark Muller, In Chung, Mi Kang, Jun Kim, Tae Lee, Sue Oh, and Sun Park
User accessible tissue sample image database system and method, Kiminobu Sugaya
Methods and products for biasing cellular development, Kiminobu Sugaya, Angel Alvarez, and Amelia Marutle
Tissue substitutes comprising stem cells and reduced ceria, Kiminobu Sugaya, Petya Georgieva, Stephanie Merchant, Sudipta Seal, and Manny Vrotsos
Small molecule inhibitors of stat3 with anti-tumor activity, James Turkson, Benjamin Greedy, Wayne Guida, Harshani Lawerance, Nicholas Lawrence, Said Sebti, and Man Lun Yip
Patents from 2010
Inhibitors of prostasin, Xinqing Chai and Limei Chen
Marker free transgenic plants: engineering the chloroplast genome without the use of antibiotic selection, Henry Daniell
Universal chloroplast integration and expression vectors, transformed plants and products thereof (CON), Henry Daniell
Expression of human serum albumin insulin in plastids (CIP2), Henry Daniell, Myung OK Byung, and Seung-Bum Lee
Plastid genetic engineering via somatic embryogenisis, Henry Daniell, Shashi Kumar, and Shashi Kumar
Use of modified pyrimidine compounds to promote stem cell migration and proliferation (UIC-A), Kiminobu Sugaya and Tingyu Qu
Methods and compounds for inhibition of cell death, Antonis Zervos
Patents from 2009
Targeting of long chain triacylglycerol hydrolase gene for tuberculosis treatment, Pappachan Kolattukudy, Jaiyanth Daniel, and Chirajyoti Deb
Targeting of triacylglycerol synthase gene for tuberculosis treatment, Pappachan Kolattukudy, Jaiyanth Daniel, Vinod Dubey, and Tatiana Sirakova
Protocol for detection of mycobacterium paratuberculosis in crohn's disease patients, Saleh Naser
Mammalian multipotent stem cells and compositions, methods of preparation and methods of administration thereof, Kiminobu Sugaya, Christopher Brannen, Xiajing Dong, Hojoong Kim, Jose Pulido, Tingyu Qu, and Ankur Vaghani
Mammalian multipotent neural stem cells and compositions, methods of preparation and methods of administration thereof, Kiminobu Sugaya, Jose Pulido, and Tingyu Qu
Patents from 2008
Expression of protective antigens in transgenic chloroplasts (US), Henry Daniell
Genetic engineering of cotton to increase fiber strength, water absorption and dye binding, Henry Daniell
Patents from 2007
Tobacco chloroplast transformation vectors comprising a multi-gene operon encoding a biopharmaceutical protein and a chaperonin (US), Henry Daniell and William Moar
Method and compound for inhibition of cell death, Antonis Zervos
Patents from 2006
Universal chloroplast integration and expression vectors, transformed plants and products thereof, Henry Daniell
Genetic engineering of plant chloroplasts, Henry Daniell and Bruce McFadden
Patents from 2005
Method of identifying and treating invasive carcinomas (CIP), Xinqing Chai, Julie Chao, Lee Chao, and Limei Chen
Patents from 2004
Method of identifying and treating invasive carcinomas (DIV.A), Xinqing Chai, Julie Chao, Lee Chao, and Limei Chen
Method of identifying and treating invasive carcinomas (DIV.B), Xinqing Chai, Julie Chao, Lee Chao, and Limei Chen
Genetic engineering of plant chloroplasts, Henry Daniell and Bruce McFadden
Patents from 2003
Method of identifying and treating invasive carcinomas, Xinqing Chai, Julie Chao, Lee Chao, and Limei Chen
Genetic engineering of plant chloroplasts, Henry Daniell and Bruce McFadden
Patents from 1999
Genetic engineering of plant chloroplasts, Henry Daniell and Bruce McFadden
Patents from 1997
Genetic engineering of plant chloroplasts, Henry Daniell and Bruce McFadden