RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL, A LIFESPAN-PARTNER Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130116186 | LUBRICIN INJECTIONS TO MAINTAIN CARTILAGE HEALTH - Disclosed are novel methods of maintaining articular cartilage health in an atraumatic, non-diseased joint of a mammal, either human or non-human. The methods involve injecting into the joint capsule of the mammal an amount of a lubricin polypeptide to prevent shear-induced chondrocyte apoptosis and to maintain a lubricin-expressing phenotype of chondrocytes. | 05-09-2013 |
20100203054 | Wnt Proteins and Detection and Treatment of Cancer - The present specification provides, inter alia, methods of using Wnt and FZD proteins and genes, and Wnt- and FZD-specific antibodies and probes in diagnosis and treatment of cancer and for screening test compounds for an ability to treat cancer. Also disclosed are compounds useful for treating cancer such as liver cancer. | 08-12-2010 |