Patents by Inventor Laura Conforti

Laura Conforti 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).

  • Patent number: 10308942
    Abstract: Synthesis and pharmaceutical compositions of antibody-functionalized nanovesicles encapsulating ion channel knockout siRNA, and methods of treating autoimmune diseases associated with increased expression and/or hyperactivity of T cells by selectively targeting memory T cells with the nanoparticles, which deliver their siRNA cargo into the cytosol of the TM cell thus reducing ion channel expression and decreasing Ca2+ influx.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignees: University of Cincinnati, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
    Inventors: Laura Conforti, Yeoheung Yun
  • Publication number: 20170355998
    Abstract: Synthesis and pharmaceutical compositions of antibody-functionalized nanovesicles encapsulating ion channel knockout siRNA, and methods of treating autoimmune diseases associated with increased expression and/or hyperactivity of T cells by selectively targeting memory T cells with the nanoparticles, which deliver their siRNA cargo into the cytosol of the TM cell thus reducing ion channel expression and decreasing Ca2+ influx.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Laura Conforti, Yeoheung Yun
  • Patent number: 9777279
    Abstract: Synthesis and pharmaceutical compositions of antibody-functionalized nanovesicles encapsulating ion channel knockout siRNA, and methods of treating autoimmune diseases associated with increased expression and/or hyperactivity of T cells by selectively targeting memory T cells with the nanoparticles, which deliver their siRNA cargo into the cytosol of the TM cell thus reducing ion channel expression and decreasing Ca2+ influx.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignees: University of Cincinnati, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
    Inventors: Laura Conforti, Yeoheung Yun
  • Publication number: 20160160220
    Abstract: Synthesis and pharmaceutical compositions of antibody-functionalized nanovesicles encapsulating ion channel knockout siRNA, and methods of treating autoimmune diseases associated with increased expression and/or hyperactivity of T cells by selectively targeting memory T cells with the nanoparticles, which deliver their siRNA cargo into the cytosol of the TM cell thus reducing ion channel expression and decreasing Ca2+ influx.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Laura Conforti, Yeoheung Yun
  • Publication number: 20130131111
    Abstract: The invention relates to a nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) modulator useful as a neuroprotective medicament in the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders, in particular but not exclusively disorders involving axon degeneration of neuronal tissue such as Wallerian degeneration, to the use of NMN as a biomarker for axon degeneration, to a method of demonstrating axon degeneration using an NMN-based biomarker, to a diagnostic kit for detecting axon degeneration, to a method of screening for an NMN modulator, and to an NMN modulator identified using the aforementioned screening method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: Babraham Institute
    Inventors: Michael Coleman, Laura Conforti