Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Linda R. Judge, Cell Genesys, Inc.
  • Adeno-associated virus capable of expressing factor IX protein and cells comprising the same
    Patent number: 6670176
    Abstract: The subject invention concerns a recombinant adeno-associated virus vector characterized as being capable of delivering and expressing at least one mammalian gene into a genome of a mammalian host cell such that the expression of the gene is regulated in a tissue specific manner by cis-acting regulatory and promoter elements of the gene. A method of using this recombinant adeno-associated virus vector for therapeutic purposes is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignees: National Institutes of Health, University of Pittsburgh
    Inventors: Richard Jude Samulski, Christopher E. Walsh, Arthur W. Nienhuis, Johnson M. Liu, Jeffrey L. Miller