Patents by Inventor Laura Hix Glickman
Laura Hix Glickman 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: 11779612Abstract: Provided are delivery immunostimulatory bacteria that have enhanced colonization of tumors, the tumor microenvironment and/or tumor-resident immune cells, and enhanced anti-tumor activity. The immunostimulatory bacteria are modified by deletion of genes encoding the flagella or modification of the genes so that functional flagella are not produced, and/or are modified by deletion of pagP or modification of pagP to produce inactive PagP product. As a result, the immunostimulatory bacteria are flagellin? and/or pagP?. The immunostimulatory bacteria optionally have additional genomic modifications so that the bacteria are adenosine or purine auxotrophs. The bacteria optionally are one or more of asd?, purI? and msbB?.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2019Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: ACTYM THERAPEUTICS, INC.Inventors: Christopher D. Thanos, Laura Hix Glickman, Justin Skoble, Alexandre Charles Michel Iannello
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Publication number: 20230072505Abstract: Provided are delivery immunostimulatory bacteria that have enhanced colonization of tumors, the tumor microenvironment and/or tumor-resident immune cells, and enhanced anti-tumor activity. The immunostimulatory bacteria are modified by deletion of genes encoding the flagella, or by modification of the genes so that functional flagella are not produced, and/or are modified by deletion of pagP or modification of pagP to produce inactive PagP product. As a result, the immunostimulatory bacteria are flagellin? and/or pagP?. The immunostimulatory bacteria optionally have additional genomic modifications so that the bacteria are adenosine or purine auxotrophs. The bacteria optionally are one or more of asd?, purI?, and msbB?.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2022Publication date: March 9, 2023Inventors: Christopher D. THANOS, Laura Hix GLICKMAN, Justin SKOBLE, Alexandre Charles Michel IANNELLO
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Publication number: 20220380720Abstract: Provided are attenuated immunostimulatory bacteria with genomes that are modified to, for example, reduce toxicity and improve the anti-tumor activity, such as by increasing accumulation in the tumor microenvironment, particularly in tumor-resident myeloid cells, improving resistance to complement inactivation, reducing immune cell death, promoting adaptive immunity, and enhancing T-cell function. The increase in colonization of phagocytic cells improves the delivery of encoded therapeutic products to the tumor microenvironment and tumors, and permits, among other routes, systemic administration of the immunostimulatory bacteria.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2021Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventors: Laura Hix GLICKMAN, Christopher D. Thanos, Alexandre Charles Michel IANNELLO, Chris RAE, Haixing KEHOE, Bret Nicholas Peterson, Chingnam Cheung
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Publication number: 20220280577Abstract: Provided are delivery immunostimulatory bacteria that have enhanced colonization of tumors, the tumor microenvironment and/or tumor-resident immune cells, and enhanced anti-tumor activity. The immunostimulatory bacteria are modified by deletion of genes encoding the flagella, or by modification of the genes so that functional flagella are not produced, and/or are modified by deletion of pagP or modification of pagP to produce inactive PagP product. As a result, the immunostimulatory bacteria are flagellin? and/or pagP?. The immunostimulatory bacteria optionally have additional genomic modifications so that the bacteria are adenosine or purine auxotrophs. The bacteria optionally are one or more of asd?, purI?, and msbB?.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2022Publication date: September 8, 2022Inventors: Christopher D. THANOS, Laura Hix Glickman, Justin Skoble, Alexandre Charles Michel Iannello
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Publication number: 20220154136Abstract: Provided are modified STING proteins that have constitutive activity, and also can have lower NF-?B signaling activity compared to unmodified human STING. Combinations and compositions containing the modified STING proteins with immunostimulatory proteins also are provided. Also provided are immunostimulatory bacteria that encode the STING proteins and the combinations, where the immunostimulatory proteins are encoded as a polycistronic message. The immunostimulatory bacteria have genomes that are modified to, for example, reduce toxicity and improve the anti-tumor activity, such as by increasing accumulation in the tumor microenvironment, particularly in tumor-resident myeloid cells, improving resistance to complement inactivation, reducing immune cell death, promoting adaptive immunity, and enhancing T-cell function.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2022Publication date: May 19, 2022Inventors: Christopher D. THANOS, Laura Hix GLICKMAN, Alexandre Charles Michel IANNELLO, Chris RAE, Haixing KEHOE, Bret Nicholas PETERSON
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Publication number: 20220135980Abstract: Provided are delivery immunostimulatory bacteria that have enhanced colonization of tumors, the tumor microenvironment and/or tumor-resident immune cells, and enhanced anti-tumor activity. The immunostimulatory bacteria are modified by deletion of genes encoding the flagella or by modification of the genes so that functional flagella are not produced, and/or are modified by deletion of pagP or modification of pagP to produce inactive PagP product. As a result, the immunostimulatory bacteria are flagellin? and/or pagP?. The immunostimulatory bacteria optionally have additional genomic modifications so that the bacteria are adenosine and/or purine auxotrophs. The bacteria optionally are one or more of asd?, purI? and msbB?.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2022Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventors: Christopher D. THANOS, Laura Hix GLICKMAN, Justin SKOBLE, Alexandre Charles Michel IANNELLO, Haixing KEHOE
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Publication number: 20220119824Abstract: Provided are immunostimulatory bacteria with genomes that are modified to, for example, reduce toxicity and improve the anti-tumor activity, such as by increasing accumulation in the tumor microenvironment, particularly in tumor-resident myeloid cells, improving resistance to complement inactivation, reducing immune cell death, promoting adaptive immunity, and enhancing T-cell function. Also provided are immunostimulatory bacteria for use as vaccines, and for delivery of mRNA. The immunostimulatory bacterium comprise genome modifications resulting in an increase in colonization of phagocytic cells, which delivers encoded therapeutic products to phagocytic cells, and permits, among other routes, systemic administration of the immunostimulatory bacteria. The increase in colonization of phagocytic cells also provides for use of immunostimulatory bacteria for direct tissue administration for use as vaccines.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2022Publication date: April 21, 2022Inventors: Laura Hix GLICKMAN, Bret Nicholas PETERSON, Haixing KEHOE, Alexandre Charles Michel IANNELLO, Christopher D. THANOS
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Publication number: 20220112501Abstract: Provided are immunostimulatory bacteria and oncolytic viruses, and pharmaceutical compositions containing the bacteria and/or viruses, that act as three prime repair exonuclease 1 (TREX1) antagonists. The bacteria and viruses are for treating tumors that are human papillomavirus (HPV) positive or that have a high tumor mutational burden (TMB). The immunostimulatory bacteria and oncolytic viruses encode therapeutic products such RNAi, such as shRNA and microRNA, that mediate gene disruption and/or inhibit expression of TREX1, or that inhibit TREX1. The bacteria contain additional modifications to enhance their anti-tumor activity. The bacteria and viruses are used for treatment of tumors in which TREX1 expression correlates with the presence of the tumor or properties of the tumor, such that inhibition of TREX1 advantageously treats the tumor.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2021Publication date: April 14, 2022Inventors: Christopher D. Thanos, Laura Hix Glickman
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Patent number: 11242528Abstract: Provided are immunostimulatory bacteria and oncolytic viruses, and pharmaceutical compositions containing the bacteria and/or viruses, that act as three prime repair exonuclease 1 (TREX1) antagonists. The bacteria and viruses are for treating tumors that are human papillomavirus (HPV) positive or that have a high tumor mutational burden (TMB). The immunostimulatory bacteria and oncolytic viruses encode therapeutic products such RNAi, such as shRNA and microRNA, that mediate gene disruption and/or inhibit expression of TREX1, or that inhibit TREX1. The bacteria contain additional modifications to enhance their anti-tumor activity. The bacteria and viruses are used for treatment of tumors in which TREX1 expression correlates with the presence of the tumor or properties of the tumor, such that inhibition of TREX1 advantageously treats the tumor.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2019Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: Actym Therapeutics, Inc.Inventors: Christopher D. Thanos, Laura Hix Glickman
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Publication number: 20220017904Abstract: Provided are immunostimulatory bacteria and pharmaceutical compositions containing the bacteria. The immunostimulatory bacteria provided herein contain one or more modalities that enhance the anti-tumor activity of the immunostimulatory bacteria. Among the immunostimulatory bacteria provided are bacteria, such as Salmonella species, which are modified to be auxotrophic or are auxotrophic for adenosine and/or contain plasmids encoding RNAi, such as shRNA and microRNA, that mediate gene disruption and/or expression of immune checkpoints, such as TREX1, VISTA, PD-L1 and, genes that influence the immune system. The bacteria contain additional modifications to enhance their anti-tumor activity. Also provided are methods of inhibiting the growth or reducing the volume of a solid tumor by administering the pharmaceutical compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2021Publication date: January 20, 2022Inventors: Christopher D. Thanos, Laura Hix Glickman, Justin Skoble
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Patent number: 11168326Abstract: Provided are immunostimulatory bacteria and pharmaceutical compositions containing the bacteria. The immunostimulatory bacteria provided herein contain one or more modalities that enhance the anti-tumor activity of the immunostimulatory bacteria. Among the immunostimulatory bacteria provided are bacteria, such as Salmonella species, which are modified to be auxotrophic or are auxotrophic for adenosine and/or contain plasmids encoding RNAi, such as shRNA and microRNA, that mediate gene disruption and/or expression of immune checkpoints, such as TREX1, VISTA, PD-L1 and, genes that influence the immune system. The bacteria contain additional modifications to enhance their anti-tumor activity. Also provided are methods of inhibiting the growth or reducing the volume of a solid tumor by administering the pharmaceutical compositions.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2018Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: Actym Therapeutics, Inc.Inventors: Christopher D. Thanos, Laura Hix Glickman, Justin Skoble
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Patent number: 11040053Abstract: The present invention provides highly active cyclic-di-nucleotide (CDN) immune stimulators that activate DCs via a recently discovered cytoplasmic receptor known as STING (Stimulator of Interferon Genes). In particular, the CDNs of the present invention are provided in the form of a composition comprising one or more cyclic purine dinucleotides induce human STING-dependent type I interferon production, wherein the cyclic purine dinucleotides present in the composition are 2?-fluoro substituted, bis-3?,5? CDNs, and most preferably one or more 2?,2?-diF-Rp,Rp, bis-3?,5?CDNs.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2019Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: CHINOOK THERAPEUTICS, INC.Inventors: George Edwin Katibah, David Kanne, Leonard Sung, Kelsey Gauthier, Laura Hix Glickman, Justin Leong, Sarah M. McWhirter, Thomas W. Dubensky, Jr.
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Publication number: 20210030813Abstract: Provided are delivery immunostimulatory bacteria that have enhanced colonization of tumors, the tumor microenvironment and/or tumor-resident immune cells, and enhanced anti-tumor activity. The immunostimulatory bacteria are modified by deletion of genes encoding the flagella, or by modification of the genes so that functional flagella are not produced, and/or are modified by deletion of pagP or modification of pagP to produce inactive PagP product. As a result, the immunostimulatory bacteria are flagellin? and/or pagP?. The immunostimulatory bacteria optionally have additional genomic modifications so that the bacteria are adenosine or purine auxotrophs. The bacteria optionally are one or more of asd?, purI?, and msbB?.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2020Publication date: February 4, 2021Inventors: Christopher D. Thanos, Laura Hix Glickman, Justin Skoble, Alexandre Charles Michel Iannello
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Patent number: 10906930Abstract: The present invention provides highly active cyclic-di-nucleotide (CDN) immune stimulators that activate DCs via a recently discovered cytoplasmic receptor known as STING (Stimulator of Interferon Genes). In particular, the CDNs of the present invention are provided in the form of a composition comprising one or more cyclic purine dinucleotides induce human STING-dependent type I interferon production, wherein the cyclic purine dinucleotides present in the composition are 2?- or 3?-mono-fluoro substituted, or 2?3?-di-fluoro substituted mixed linkage 2?,5?-3?,5? CDNs.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2016Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignees: CHINOOK THERAPEUTICS, INC., NOVARTIS AGInventors: George Edwin Katibah, David Kanne, Leonard Sung, Kelsey Gauthier, Laura Hix Glickman, Justin Leong, Sarah M. McWhirter, Thomas W. Dubensky, Jr., Jeffrey McKenna, Stephen M. Canham, Chudi Obioma Ndubaku
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Publication number: 20200270613Abstract: Provided are delivery immunostimulatory bacteria that have enhanced colonization of tumors, the tumor microenvironment and/or tumor-resident immune cells, and enhanced anti-tumor activity. The immunostimulatory bacteria are modified by deletion of genes encoding the flagella or by modification of the genes so that functional flagella are not produced, and/or are modified by deletion of pagP or modification of pagP to produce inactive PagP product. As a result, the immunostimulatory bacteria are flagellin? and/or pagP?. The immunostimulatory bacteria optionally have additional genomic modifications so that the bacteria are adenosine and/or purine auxotrophs. The bacteria optionally are one or more of asst, purI? and msbB?.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2020Publication date: August 27, 2020Inventors: Christopher D. THANOS, Laura Hix GLICKMAN, Justin SKOBLE, Alexandre Charles Michel IANNELLO, Haixing KEHOE
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Publication number: 20200215123Abstract: Provided are delivery immunostimulatory bacteria that have enhanced colonization of tumors, the tumor microenvironment and/or tumor-resident immune cells, and enhanced anti-tumor activity. The immunostimulatory bacteria are modified by deletion of genes encoding the flagella or modification of the genes so that functional flagella are not produced, and/or are modified by deletion of pagP or modification of pagP to produce inactive PagP product. As a result, the immunostimulatory bacteria are flagellin? and/or pagP?. The immunostimulatory bacteria optionally have additional genomic modifications so that the bacteria are adenosine or purine auxotrophs. The bacteria optionally are one or more of asd?, purI? and msbB?.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2019Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventors: Christopher D. Thanos, Laura Hix Glickman, Justin Skoble, Alexandre Charles Michel Iannello
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Publication number: 20200179431Abstract: The present invention provides highly active cyclic-di-nucleotide (CDN) immune stimulators that activate DCs via a recently discovered cytoplasmic receptor known as STING (Stimulator of Interferon Genes). In particular, the CDNs of the present invention are provided in the form of a composition comprising one or more cyclic purine dinucleotides induce human STING-dependent type I interferon production, wherein the cyclic purine dinucleotides present in the composition are 2?-fluoro substituted, bis-3?,5? CDNs, and most preferably one or more 2?,2?-diF-Rp,Rp, bis-3?,5?CDNs.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2019Publication date: June 11, 2020Applicant: ADURO BIOTECH, INC.Inventors: George Edwin Katibah, David Kanne, Leonard Sung, Kelsey Gauthier, Laura Hix Glickman, Justin Leong, Sarah M. McWhirter, Thomas W. Dubensky, JR.
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Publication number: 20200071702Abstract: Provided are immunostimulatory bacteria and oncolytic viruses, and pharmaceutical compositions containing the bacteria and/or viruses, that act as three prime repair exonuclease 1 (TREX1) antagonists. The bacteria and viruses are for treating tumors that are human papillomavirus (HPV) positive or that have a high tumor mutational burden (TMB). The immunostimulatory bacteria and oncolytic viruses encode therapeutic products such RNAi, such as shRNA and microRNA, that mediate gene disruption and/or inhibit expression of TREX1, or that inhibit TREX1. The bacteria contain additional modifications to enhance their anti-tumor activity. The bacteria and viruses are used for treatment of tumors in which TREX1 expression correlates with the presence of the tumor or properties of the tumor, such that inhibition of TREX1 advantageously treats the tumor.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2019Publication date: March 5, 2020Inventors: Christopher D. THANOS, Laura Hix Glickman
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Patent number: 10449211Abstract: The present invention provides highly active cyclic-di-nucleotide (CDN) immune stimulators that activate DCs via a recently discovered cytoplasmic receptor known as STING (Stimulator of Interferon Genes), In particular, the CDNs of the present invention are provided in the form of a composition comprising one or more cyclic purine dinucleotides induce human STING-dependent type I interferon production, wherein the cyclic purine dinucleotides present in the composition are 2?-fluoro substituted, bis-3?,5?CDNs, and most preferably one or more 2?,2?-diF-Rp,Rp, bis-3?,5?CDNs.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2016Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: ADURO BIOTECH, INC.Inventors: George Edwin Katibah, David Kanne, Leonard Sung, Kelsey Gauthier, Laura Hix Glickman, Justin Leong, Sarah M. McWhirter, Thomas W. Dubensky, Jr.
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Patent number: 10414789Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide novel and highly active cyclic-di-nucleotide (CDN) immune stimulators that activates DCs via a recently discovered cytoplasmic receptor known as STING (Stimulator of Interferon Genes). In particular, the CDNs of the present invention are provided in the form of a composition comprising one or more cyclic purine dinucleotides that induce STING-dependent TBK1 activation, wherein the cyclic purine dinuclotides present in the composition are substantially pure Rp,Rp or Rp,Sp stereoisomers, and particularly substantially pure Rp,Rp, or RpSp CDN thiophosphate diastereomers.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: ADURO BIOTECH, INC.Inventors: Thomas W. Dubensky, Jr., David B. Kanne, Meredith Lai Ling Leong, Edward Emile Lemmens, Laura Hix Glickman