Patents Assigned to Anaeropharma Science Inc.
  • Anaerobic bacterium as a drug for cancer gene therapy
    Patent number: 7740835
    Abstract: The present invention provides a bacterium belonging to the genus Bifidobacterium, by which DNA coding for a protein having an antitumor activity or DNA coding for a protein having the activity of converting a precursor of an antitumor substance into the antitumor substance is delivered to tumor tissues specifically under anaerobic conditions thereby expressing the protein encoded by the DNA, as well as a pharmaceutical composition comprising said anaerobic bacterium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Anaeropharma Science Inc.
    Inventors: Minoru Fujimori, Shun'ichiro Taniguchi, Jun Amano, Kazuyuki Yazawa, Yasunobu Kano, Toshiyuki Nakamura, Takayuki Sasaki