Patents by Inventor Pui Ngan Lau

Pui Ngan Lau 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: 20230295581
    Abstract: Disclosed are viruses, and vaccines comprised of and made from such viruses, that include a heterologous nucleic acid segment encoding ?-1,3-galactosyltransferase (?-1,3-GT) such that the nucleic acid segment expresses ?-1,3-GT when the virus infects a host cell. Such viruses produce proteins having ?-1,3-galactose. The presence of ?-1,3-galactose on proteins of infected cells can powerfully stimulate the immune response of the host against the viral proteins of the virus, thus enhancing the effect of the virus as a vaccine. Also disclosed are vaccines that include and/or are produced by such viruses. Also disclosed are methods of making and using such viruses and vaccines, such as administering to a subject in need thereof a vaccine as disclosed and such as making a vaccine that includes one or more viral proteins expressed by a virus as disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Lit Man Poon, Li-Meng Yan, Pui Ngan Lau, Malik Peiris