Patent Awarded

A patent has been issued to The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston for the invention made in the laboratory of Kenichi Fujise, M.D., associate professor, Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine for the Prevention of Human Diseases; Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, UT Medical School at Houston; and UT Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston.

Title: Composition and Method for Treatment and Prevention of Restenosis

Inventors: Kenichi Fujise, M.D. and Zakar H. Mnjoyan, Ph.D., research associate, Baylor College of Medicine

Assignee: The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System

Granted: September 5, 2006

In this patent, PARIS proteins, discovered in the Fujise lab, are useful for suppressing proliferation of smooth muscle cells and protecting against restenosis arteries treated by angioplasty or stent implantation. The Fujise lab actively seeks a licensee of this new patent.