Patents by Inventor Akitada Iwasa

Akitada Iwasa 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).

  • Publication number: 20100104623
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a positively charged liposome, particularly having a polyarginine peptide on a surface thereof, which is capable of increasing the resistance to a negatively charged biological component such as a protein in the blood and maintaining a high ability to deliver a substance even in the blood. An agent for enhancing the resistance of liposome against biological component comprising a peptide having at least one of the following characteristics (a) and (b) as an active ingredient: (a) A peptide comprising an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID No: 1 or 2; and (b) A peptide comprising an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID No: 1 or 2, in which one or more amino acids are deleted, substituted or added, and having an activity for promoting lipid membrane fusion under acidic condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Inventors: Hideyoshi Harashima, Kentaro Kogure, Hidetaka Akita, Akitada Iwasa, Yoshio Nakamura, Shiroh Futaki