Patents by Inventor Yeon Sook LEE

Yeon Sook LEE 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: 20240156944
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an attenuated reovirus-based vaccine composition and a use thereof, the attenuated reovirus, according to the present invention, having the 251st to 455th amino acids of a sigma-1 protein of a capsid truncated such that when an epitope of an antigenic protein inducing cancer or infectious disease is introduced to the truncated site of the sigma-1 protein, the epitope of the antigenic protein is stably expressed in a cell, and thus the effect is gained of exhibiting an immune response such as producing a neutralizing antibody or inducing cell-mediated immunity. As such, the present invention is expected to be usefully employable as a vaccine composition for cancer or infectious disease by introducing the epitope of the antigenic protein to the truncated site of the sigma-1 protein of the attenuated reovirus according to the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Haeng Jun YOO, Tommy Michel ALAIN, Sang Kyoung HAN, Xiao XIANG, So Young KIM, Yeon Sook LEE, Ki Hoon SONG
  • Publication number: 20240041959
    Abstract: Provided is a modified reovirus, a pharmaceutical composition thereof, and a method of treating cancer using the same which not only has an excellent anticancer effect on various cancers, including rare cancers, but can also enhance the effect of cancer immunotherapy agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: VIROCURE, INC.
    Inventors: Haeng Jun YOO, Sang Kyoung HAN, Yeon Sook LEE, Ki Hoon SONG
  • Publication number: 20230241141
    Abstract: Provided are a pharmaceutical composition including reovirus or reovirus-treated biological sample as an active ingredient for prevention or treatment of cancer, and a method for prevention or treatment of cancer using same. In addition, provided are a combination use of the pharmaceutical composition and an immune checkpoint inhibitor for treatment of cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: VIROCURE, INC.
    Inventors: Haeng Jun YOO, Sang Kyoung HAN, Yeon Sook LEE, Chan KIM, Hong Jae JEON
  • Publication number: 20230165916
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition for preventing, alleviating, or treating an inflammatory disease of the digestive system, particularly, colitis, comprising a reovirus or a variant thereof as an active ingredient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: VIROCURE, INC.
    Inventors: Yeon Sook LEE, Haeng Jun YOO, Sang Kyoung HAN