Patents by Inventor Kevin Tianmeng Zhao
Kevin Tianmeng Zhao 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).
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Patent number: 11932884Abstract: Some aspects of this disclosure provide strategies, systems, reagents, methods, and kits that are useful for the targeted editing of nucleic acids, including editing a single site within the genome of a cell or subject, e.g., within the human genome. In some embodiments, fusion proteins comprise a Gam protein, a napDNAbp, and a cytidine deaminase. In some embodiments, the fusion proteins further comprise a UGI domain. In some embodiments, methods for targeted nucleic acid editing are provided. In some embodiments, reagents and kits for the generation of targeted nucleic acid editing proteins, e.g., fusion proteins of a Gam protein, a cytidine deaminase and nucleic acid editing proteins or domains, are provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeInventors: David R. Liu, Kevin Tianmeng Zhao, Yongjoo Kim
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Publication number: 20230235309Abstract: The present disclosure provides adenine base editors (ABEs) that are variants of known adenine base editors. The adenosine deaminase domain of a known ABE was modified to produce adenosine deaminase variants. The deaminase variants provided herein have broader compatibility with diverse napDNAbp domains, such as Cas homologs, for base editing applications. The ABEs provided herein comprise a deaminase variant and a napDNAbp domain. The ABEs provided herein exhibit reduced off-target editing effects while retaining high on-target editing efficiencies. These ABEs exhibit reduced off-target DNA editing effects and reduced off-target editing effects in cellular mRNA. In addition, methods for targeted nucleic acid editing are provided. Further provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the ABEs. Also provided are vectors and kits useful for the generation and delivery of the ABEs, including vector systems for engineering the ABEs through directed evolution.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2021Publication date: July 27, 2023Applicants: The Broad Institute, Inc., President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeInventors: David R. Liu, Michelle Richter, Kevin Tianmeng Zhao, Benjamin Thuronyi, Gregory Newby
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Publication number: 20230002745Abstract: Provided herein are compositions, systems, and methods for delivering an effector protein into a cell. The present disclosure, in some aspects, provide novel proteins delivering an effector protein into a cell. The novel proteins are supernegatively charged proteins derived from highly anionic proteins identified from the proteome (e.g., human proteome). The novel protein tags can be associated (e.g., covalently or nocovalently) with the protein to be delivered to facilitate delivery of the effector protein into a cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2020Publication date: January 5, 2023Applicants: The Broad Institute, Inc., President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeInventors: Yongjoo Kim, David R. Liu, Kevin Tianmeng Zhao
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Publication number: 20220315906Abstract: The present disclosure provides improved adenosine base editors (ABE) that have an expanded range of PAM sequence recognition capability (i.e., recognition of non-canonical ?5-NGG-?3 PAM sequence). In addition, the present disclosure provides improved cytidine base editors (CBE) and adenosine base editors (ABE) comprising circular permutant variants of Cas9 (CP-Cas9) with an increased window of base editing within the protospacer sequence (e.g., from about 4-5 nucleotides to up to about 8-9 nucleotides) and even outside of the protospacer sequence.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2020Publication date: October 6, 2022Applicants: The Broad Institute, Inc., President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeInventors: David R. Liu, Kevin Tianmeng Zhao, Tony P. Huang
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Publication number: 20220290115Abstract: Some aspects of this disclosure provide strategies, systems, reagents, methods, and kits that are useful for the targeted editing of nucleic acids, including editing a single site within the genome of a cell or subject, e.g., within the human genome. In some embodiments, fusion proteins comprise a Gam protein, a napDNAbp, and a cytidine deaminase. In some embodiments, the fusion proteins further comprise a UGI domain. In some embodiments, methods for targeted nucleic acid editing are provided. In some embodiments, reagents and kits for the generation of targeted nucleic acid editing proteins, e.g., fusion proteins of a Gam protein, a cytidine deaminase and nucleic acid editing proteins or domains, are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2022Publication date: September 15, 2022Applicant: President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeInventors: David R. Liu, Kevin Tianmeng Zhao, Yongjoo Kim
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Publication number: 20220282275Abstract: The present disclosure provides for base editors which satisfy a need in the art for installation of targeted transversions of guanine (G) to thymine (T), or correspondingly, transversions of adenine (A) to cytosine (C). The domains of the disclosed base editors include a nucleic acid programmable DNA binding protein and a guanine oxidase or a guanine methyltransferase. The base editors may be engineered through the use of continuous or non-continuous evolution systems. In particular, the present disclosure provides for guanine-to-thymine (or cytosine-to-adenine) base editors that can install single-base trans version mutations. In addition, methods for targeted nucleic acid editing are provided. Further provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising, and vectors and kits useful for the generation of, guanine-to-thymine base editors. Cells containing such vectors and cells containing base editors and guide RNAs are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2019Publication date: September 8, 2022Applicants: The Broad Institute, Inc., President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeInventors: David R. Liu, Kevin Tianmeng Zhao, Michelle Richter
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Publication number: 20220170013Abstract: The present disclosure provides for base editors which satisfy a need in the art for installation of targeted transversions of thymine (T) to adenine (A), or correspondingly, trans versions of adenine (A) to thymine (T). The nucleobase editor domains include a nucleic acid programmable DNA binding protein and an adenosine methyltransferase domain. The base editors may be engineered through the use of continuous or non-continuous evolution systems, such as phage-assisted continuous evolution (PACE). In particular, the present disclosure provides for evolved adenine-to-thymine (or thymine-to-adenine) base editor variants that overcome deficiencies in the art for base editors that can install single-base A:T to T:A transversion mutations. In some embodiments, methods for targeted nucleic acid editing are provided. In some embodiments, pharmaceutical compositions comprising, and vectors and kits for the generation of, targeted base editors are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2020Publication date: June 2, 2022Applicants: The Broad Institute, Inc., President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeInventors: David R. Liu, Jessie Rose Davis, Jordan Leigh Doman, Kevin Tianmeng Zhao, Michelle Richter
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Patent number: 11319532Abstract: Some aspects of this disclosure provide strategies, systems, reagents, methods, and kits that are useful for the targeted editing of nucleic acids, including editing a single site within the genome of a cell or subject, e.g., within the human genome. In some embodiments, fusion proteins comprise a Gam protein, a napDNAbp, and a cytidine deaminase. In some embodiments, the fusion proteins further comprise a UGI domain. In some embodiments, methods for targeted nucleic acid editing are provided. In some embodiments, reagents and kits for the generation of targeted nucleic acid editing proteins, e.g., fusion proteins of a Gam protein, a cytidine deaminase and nucleic acid editing proteins or domains, are provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2018Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeInventors: David R. Liu, Kevin Tianmeng Zhao, Yongjoo Kim
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Publication number: 20200190493Abstract: Some aspects of this disclosure provide strategies, systems, reagents, methods, and kits that are useful for the targeted editing of nucleic acids, including editing a single site within the genome of a cell or subject, e.g., within the human genome. In some embodiments, fusion proteins comprise a Gam protein, a napDNAbp, and a cytidine deaminase. In some embodiments, the fusion proteins further comprise a UGI domain. In some embodiments, methods for targeted nucleic acid editing are provided. In some embodiments, reagents and kits for the generation of targeted nucleic acid editing proteins, e.g., fusion proteins of a Gam protein, a cytidine deaminase and nucleic acid editing proteins or domains, are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2018Publication date: June 18, 2020Applicant: President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeInventors: David R. Liu, Kevin Tianmeng Zhao, Yongjoo Kim