Patents Assigned to BROAD INSTITUTE
  • Publication number: 20150322528
    Abstract: The invention provides methods of monitoring differential gene expression of biomarkers to determine patient sensitivity to Cyclin Dependent kinase inhibitors (CDKi), methods of determining the sensitivity of a cell to a CDKi, methods of treating a patient with a CDKi and methods of screening for candidate CDKi.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicants: NOVARTIS AG, BROAD INSTITUTE, DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE INC.
    Inventors: Giordano Caponigro, Scott Delach, Levi Garraway, Zainab Jagani, Sunkyu Kim, Gregory Kryukov
  • Publication number: 20140335620
    Abstract: The invention provides for engineering and optimization of systems, methods, and compositions for manipulation of sequences and/or activities of target sequences. Provided are compositions and methods related to components of a CRISPR complex particularly comprising a Cas ortholog enzyme.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicants: THE BROAD INSTITUTE, INC., MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Feng ZHANG, Fei RAN
  • Publication number: 20140287938
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to methods and compositions used delivery of gene editing compositions including transcriptional effectors with parvovirus and preferred methods for making same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicants: THE BROAD INSTITUTE, INC., MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, THE PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE
    Inventors: Feng Zhang, Mark D. Brigham, Le Cong, Silvana Konermann
  • Publication number: 20140273231
    Abstract: The invention provides for systems, methods, and compositions for manipulation of sequences and/or activities of target sequences. Provided are vectors and vector systems, some of which encode one or more components of a CRISPR complex, as well as methods for the design and use of such vectors. Also provided are methods of directing CRISPR complex formation in eukaryotic cells and methods for selecting specific cells by introducing precise mutations utilizing the CRISPR/Cas system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicants: THE BROAD INSTITUTE, INC., MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Feng ZHANG, Le CONG
  • Publication number: 20140271602
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods of altering expression of a genomic locus of interest or specifically targeting a genomic locus of interest in an animal cell, which may involve contacting the genomic locus with a non-naturally occurring or engineered composition that includes a deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) binding polypeptide having a N-terminal capping region, a DNA binding domain comprising at least five or more Transcription activator-like effector (TALE) monomers and at least one or more half-monomers specifically ordered to target the genomic locus of interest, and a C-terminal capping region, wherein the polypeptide includes at least one or more effector domains, and wherein the polypeptide is encoded by and translated from a codon optimized nucleic acid molecule so that the polypeptide preferentially binds to the DNA of the genomic locus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicants: THE BROAD INSTITUTE INC., MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE
    Inventors: Feng Zhang, Le Cong, Sam Locascio
  • Publication number: 20140273232
    Abstract: The invention provides for systems, methods, and compositions for manipulation of sequences and/or activities of target sequences. Provided are vectors and vector systems, some of which encode one or more components of a CRISPR complex, as well as methods for the design and use of such vectors. Also provided are methods of directing CRISPR complex formation in eukaryotic cells and methods for selecting specific cells by introducing precise mutations utilizing the CRISPR-Cas system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicants: THE BROAD INSTITUTE, INC., MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE
    Inventors: Feng Zhang, Le Cong, Patrick Hsu, Fei Ran
  • Publication number: 20140275268
    Abstract: Novel solid forms of tacedinaline (4-(acetylamino)-N-(2-aminophenyl)benzamide), including crystalline tacedinaline Form B, a novel crystalline tacedinaline TFA salt, and amorphous tacedinaline, are disclosed. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising crystalline tacedinaline Form B, the novel crystalline tacedinaline TFA salt, and/or amorphous tacedinaline, and methods of treating various conditions by administering those novel solid forms, are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: THE BROAD INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Edward Holson, Florence F. Wagner, G. Patrick Stahly
  • Publication number: 20140256767
    Abstract: A method of identifying compounds as direct inhibitors of Keap1-Nrf2 interaction through high-throughput screening and lead development. The direct inhibitors of Keap1-Nrf2 interaction are more specific and free of various undesirable effects than existing indirect inhibitors, and are potential drug candidates of chemopreventive and therapeutic agents for treatment of various diseases or conditions involving oxidative stress and/or inflammation, including but not limited to cancers, diabetes, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's. Novel compounds are identified and methods of preventing or treating diseases or conditions related to Keap1-Nrf2 interaction activity by use of the novel compounds identified or compositions containing such compounds are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicants: THE BROAD INSTITUTE, INC., RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY
    Inventors: Longqin Hu, Sadagopan Magesh, Lin Chen, Timothy Lewis, Ben Munoz, Lili Wang
  • Publication number: 20140256046
    Abstract: The invention provides for engineering and optimization of systems, methods, and compositions for manipulation of sequences and/or activities of target sequences. Provided are vectors and vector systems, some of which encode one or more components of a CRISPR complex, as well as methods for the design and use of such vectors with additional functional domains. Also provided are methods of directing CRISPR complex formation in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells to ensure enhanced specificity for target recognition and avoidance of toxicity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicants: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, THE BROAD INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Feng Zhang, Le Cong, Randall Jeffrey Platt, Neville Espi Sanjana
  • Publication number: 20140248702
    Abstract: The invention provides for systems, methods, and compositions for manipulation of sequences and/or activities of target sequences. Provided are vectors and vector systems, some of which encode one or more components of a CRISPR complex, as well as methods for the design and use of such vectors. Also provided are methods of directing CRISPR complex formation in eukaryotic cells and methods for selecting specific cells by introducing precise mutations utilizing the CRISPR/Cas system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicants: THE BROAD INSTITUTE, INC., MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Feng ZHANG, Le CONG
  • Publication number: 20140242700
    Abstract: The invention provides for engineering and optimization of systems, methods, and compositions for manipulation of sequences and/or activities of target sequences. Provided are compositions and methods related to components of a CRISPR complex particularly comprising a Cas ortholog enzyme.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicants: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, THE BROAD INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Feng ZHANG, Fei RAN
  • Publication number: 20140227787
    Abstract: The invention provides for systems, methods, and compositions for altering expression of target gene sequences and related gene products. Provided are vectors and vector systems, some of which encode one or more components of a CRISPR complex, as well as methods for the design and use of such vectors. Also provided are methods of directing CRISPR complex formation in eukaryotic cells and methods for utilizing the CRISPR-Cas system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicants: THE BROAD INSTITUTE, INC., MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventor: Feng Zhang
  • Publication number: 20140186843
    Abstract: Disclosed are locational or positional methods concerning CRISPR-Cas systems, and apparatus therefor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicants: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, THE BROAD INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Feng ZHANG, Naomi HABIB
  • Publication number: 20140170753
    Abstract: The invention provides for systems, methods, and compositions for altering expression of target gene sequences and related gene products. Provided are vectors and vector systems, some of which encode one or more components of a CRISPR complex, as well as methods for the design and use of such vectors. Also provided are methods of directing CRISPR complex formation in eukaryotic cells and methods for utilizing the CRISPR-Cas system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicants: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, THE BROAD INSTITUTE INC.
    Inventor: Feng Zhang
  • Publication number: 20140100223
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, ester or prodrug thereof:
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicants: PRESIDENT & FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE, THE BROAD INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Mahmud Hussain, Daisuke Ito, Jason Law, Matthias Leiendecker, Ke Liu, Benito Munoz, Stuart Schreiber, Alykhan Shamji, Andrew Stern
  • Publication number: 20140045860
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compound of Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable ester, salt, prodrug or metabolite thereof;
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicants: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, THE BROAD INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Leigh C. Carmody, Ana Rodriguez, Esther Bettiol, Michelle Palmer, Andrew Germain, Benito Munoz, Sivaraman Dandapani, Michael Foley
  • Publication number: 20130331411
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a compound of Formula I for the treatment of protease-activated receptor mediated diseases by the administration of a compound of Formula I or a prodrug or metabolite thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicants: BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER, THE BROAD INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Chris Dockendorff, Robert Flaumenhaft, Lawrence MacPherson
  • Publication number: 20130260376
    Abstract: The invention utilizes gene expression profiles in methods of predicting the likelihood that a patient's cancer will respond to standard-of-care therapy. Also provided are methods of identifying therapeutic agents that target cancer stem cells or epithelial cancers that have undergone an epithelial to mesenchymal transition using such gene expression profiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2011
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicants: WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH, THE BROAD INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Piyush Gupta, Tamer T. Onder, Eric S. Lander, Robert Weinberg, Sendurai Mani
  • Publication number: 20130149780
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods of altering expression of a genomic locus of interest or specifically targeting a genomic locus of interest in an animal cell, which may involve contacting the genomic locus with a non-naturally occurring or engineered composition that includes a deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) binding polypeptide having a N-terminal capping region, a DNA binding domain comprising at least five or more Transcription activator-like effector (TALE) monomers and at least one or more half-monomers specifically ordered to target the genomic locus of interest, and a C-terminal capping region, wherein the polypeptide includes at least one or more effector domains, and wherein the polypeptide is encoded by and translated from a codon optimized nucleic acid molecule so that the polypeptide preferentially binds to the DNA of the genomic locus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicants: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, THE BROAD INSTITUTE INC.
    Inventors: The Broad Institute Inc., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Publication number: 20130149781
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods of altering expression of a genomic locus of interest or specifically targeting a genomic locus of interest in an animal cell, which may involve contacting the genomic locus with a non-naturally occurring or engineered composition that includes a deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) binding polypeptide having a N-terminal capping region, a DNA binding domain comprising at least five or more Transcription activator-like effector (TALE) monomers and at least one or more half-monomers specifically ordered to target the genomic locus of interest, and a C-terminal capping region, wherein the polypeptide includes at least one or more effector domains, and wherein the polypeptide is encoded by and translated from a codon optimized nucleic acid molecule so that the polypeptide preferentially binds to the DNA of the genomic locus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicants: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, THE BROAD INSTITUTE INC.
    Inventors: THE BROAD INSTITUTE INC., MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY