Patents Assigned to Children's Medical Center Corporation
  • Publication number: 20250138121
    Abstract: Described herein are various embodiments of techniques for controlling creation of a magnetic resonance (MR) image from a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan of a subject using an MRI scanner, through real-time, dynamic control of the MRI scanner during the MRI scan and/or of processing during the MRI scan of acquired MR signals as part of generating MR data for creation of the MR image. More particularly, some embodiments described herein relate to identifying changes that occur in a magnetic field within an MRI scanner during a course of an MRI scan. In response to changes in the magnetic field, an MRI scanner may be adjusted to change a way in which additional MR data is captured and/or a processing of captured MR signals (that are to be used in generating an MR image) may be adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: Children's Medical Center Corporation
    Inventors: Tess E. Wallace, Simon K. Warfield, Onur Afacan
  • Publication number: 20250134949
    Abstract: Described herein are compositions and methods for treating a lung disorder associated with dysregulated VEGF signaling. The PR1P peptide (DRVQRQTTTVVA, SEQ ID NO: 1) and variants thereof are able to enhance VEGF signaling in the lungs and reduce lung cell apoptosis (e.g., induced by toxicity or injury), thus treating the disorder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: Children's Medical Center Corporation
    Inventors: Avner Adini, Benjamin Matthews
  • Publication number: 20250134985
    Abstract: Provided herein, in some aspects, are methods for using the receptor-binidng domain (RBD) of the SARS-COV-2 S protein, including the the RBD-1, RBD-2, and/or RBD-3 regions, to identify therapeutics for the treatment of SARS-COV-2, developing a vaccine for the treatment or prevention of SARS-COV-2, and identifying a patient as being in need for a treatment for SARS-COV-2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: Children's Medical Center Corporation
    Inventor: Bing Chen
  • Patent number: 12285459
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are polypeptides and fusion polypeptides that have anti-angiogenic activity that can be used to inhibit tumor growth and tumor metastasis. The polypeptide consists of 9 or less consecutive amino acid residues (e.g., 8, 7, 6, 5, or 4) comprising the active core amino acid sequence DWLP, or an amino acid substitution variant thereof. Specific amino acid substitutions are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the peptide consists essentially of 4-6 mers identified as exhibiting the activity of prosaposin A. Also disclosed herein are therapeutic compositions comprising the polypeptides and fusion polypeptides, and their use in the treatment, prevention, and inhibition of angiogenesis-related diseases and disorders such as cancer and cancer metastasis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION
    Inventor: Randolph S. Watnick
  • Publication number: 20250129093
    Abstract: Described herein are compositions, combinations, and methods relating to treating or preventing immune-related diseases, type 1 diabetes, transplant rejection, or lung fibrosis, or slowing or delaying aging processes or extending lifespan in a subject, including subjects with rs3751143.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Applicant: THE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Paolo FIORINA, Moufida Ben NASR
  • Patent number: 12281313
    Abstract: Provided herein are materials and methods for efficiently delivering nucleic acids to cochlear and vestibular cells, and methods of treating sensory transduction disorders associated with a genetic defect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Children's Medical Center Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey R. Holt, Yukako Asai, Paola Andrea Solanes Vega, Bernard Schneider
  • Publication number: 20250120963
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to methods and compositions for the treatment of thrombocytopenia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Applicant: THE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Roelof H. Bekendam, Andrew P. Stone, Kellie Rae Machlus, Joseph Edward Italiano, JR.
  • Patent number: 12274413
    Abstract: A robotic system comprising a robotic catheter steerable by a motorized drive system, an imaging device positioned on a distal end of the robotic catheter, and a controller configured to: process one or more images captured by the imaging device to identify an anatomical feature, implanted device, or medical instrument; estimate a location of the imaging device in the body based on the identified anatomical feature, implanted device, or medical instrument; determine, based on the estimated location of the imaging device, a direction in which to steer the robotic catheter for advancement towards an interventional site; and monitor at least one of (i) a stream of images captured by the imaging device and (ii) a force or distance measurement captured by the imaging device or a sensor proximate the imaging device, to adjust the direction in which to steer the robotic catheter during advancement towards the interventional site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Children's Medical Center Corporation
    Inventors: Pierre E. Dupont, Georgios Fagogenis, Benoit Rosa, Margherita Mencattelli, Zurab Machaidze
  • Publication number: 20250114443
    Abstract: The present application is generally directed to novel pneumococcal polypeptide antigens and nucleic acids encoding such antigens, and immunogenic compositions comprising such antigens for treating and preventing pneumococcal infection. The present invention further provides method of using the antigens to elicits an immune response (e.g., IL-17A response, a T cell-mediated and/or B-cell-mediated immune responses). The present invention also provides methods of prophylaxis and/or treatment of pneumococcal-mediated diseases, such as sepsis, comprising administering an immunogenic composition including one or more of a combination of pneumococcal antigens or functional fragments thereof as disclosed herein. In some embodiments, one or more pneumococcal antigens can be present in a polysaccharide conjugate. The compositions induce an anti-pneumococcus immune response when administered to a mammal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Richard MALLEY, Yingjie LU, Fan ZHANG
  • Patent number: 12268739
    Abstract: Provided herein are Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2) agonists for use in enhancing human immune response and/or as adjuvants in vaccines. The TLR2 agonists include thiophenes, imidazoles, or phenyl-containing compounds, which may be compounds of Formulae (I), (II), (III), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, hydrates, polymorphs, co-crystals, tautomers, stereoisomers, isotopically labeled derivatives, prodrugs, and compositions thereof. The compounds described herein are used as enhancers of an immune response (e.g., innate and/or adaptive immune response), and are useful in treating and/or preventing a disease, as adjuvants in a vaccine for the disease. (e.g., proliferative disease, inflammatory disease, autoimmune disease, infectious disease, or chronic disease). Also provided in the present disclosure are pharmaceutical compositions, kits, methods, and uses including or using a compound described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignees: Children's Medical Center Corporation, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: David J. Dowling, Ofer Levy, Francesco Borriello, David A. Scott, Spencer E. Brightman
  • Publication number: 20250101381
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compositions and methods to increase the expression of PD-L1 and/or IDO-1 in a population of cells, the modulated cells expressing increased PD-L1 and/or IDO-1, and methods related to the immunosuppressive effects obtained by cells expressing increased PD-L1 and/or IDO-1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: The Children's Medical Center Corporation
    Inventor: Paolo Fiorina
  • Patent number: 12252507
    Abstract: This disclosure provides methods for generating functionalized nanoswitches, as well as the functionalized nanoswitches themselves, and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignees: Children's Medical Center Corporation, President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Darren Yang, Eric M. Mulhall, Hongyu Zhao, Andrew Ward, Clinton H. Hansen, Wesley Philip Wong
  • Patent number: 12252515
    Abstract: Provided herein are agents that bind to the lipid binding groove of Frizzled (FZD). In some embodiments, the agent is a fragment of TcdB corresponding to amino acids 1285-1804 of SEQ ID NO: 1. In some embodiments, binding of the agent to the lipid binding groove of FZD inhibits TcdB entry into cells, and/or inhibits Wnt signaling. Methods of treating Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) and methods of treating cancer are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignees: Children's Medical Center Corporation, The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Min Dong, Liang Tao, Rongsheng Jin, Peng Chen, Aina He
  • Patent number: 12251525
    Abstract: A device for performing intervention procedures includes an elongated body having a first end and a second end. The elongated body includes a hollow tool channel extending through the elongated body from the first end to the second end. The tool channel is configured to receive an intervention tool and a length-adjusting element disposed at the first end or the second end of the elongated body. The length-adjusting element is configured to enable a length of the elongated body to be adjusted. The elongated body includes an angle-adjusting element disposed along the length of the elongated body. The angle-adjusting element is configured to enable the elongated body to be bent. The device includes an imaging system disposed at the first end or the second end of the elongated body. The imaging system includes an imaging device and an illumination device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Children's Medical Center Corporation
    Inventors: Mossab Y. Saeed, Pedro J. Del Nido, Nikolay V. Vasilyev, Niv Ad, Christopher J. Payne
  • Publication number: 20250082688
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods for treating Williams syndrome (WS), herein identified as a neurodevelopmental oligodendrocyte hypomyelination-associated disease, and to compositions and methods for treatment of other neurodevelopmental myelination abnormality diseases or disorder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicants: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Guoping Feng, Boaz Barak, Zhigang He
  • Patent number: 12241888
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of determining whether an extracellular vesicle (EV) can cross an endothelial barrier (e.g., the blood brain barrier). In some embodiments, the EV originates from a cancer cell. In some embodiments, the cancer has a higher likelihood of metastasizing (to the brain) if the EV originating from a cancer cell is determined to be able to cross an endothelial barrier (e.g., the blood brain barrier). Thus, further provided herein are methods of determining whether a subject who has cancer is likely to develop metastatic cancer. In some embodiments, the subject is treated for the metastatic cancer accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Children's Medical Center Corporation
    Inventors: Marsha A. Moses, Golnaz Morad
  • Publication number: 20250064836
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of treating a Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) infection in a subject. In some embodiments, a method of treating a C. difficile infection comprises administering an antagonist of neurogenic inflammation to a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: The Children's Medical Center Corporation
    Inventors: Meenakshi Rao, Min Dong
  • Publication number: 20250066429
    Abstract: The disclosure provides modified biotin-binding proteins which can be expressed in soluble form in high yield in bacteria. Also provided are fusion proteins comprising the modified biotin-binding protein and an antigen. The disclosure further provides non-hemolytic variants of alpha-hemolysin from S. aureus and fusion protein comprising non-hemolytic variant of alpha-hemolysin and a biotin-binding domains. Immunogenic compositions comprising the proteins are also disclosed and use of such immunogenic compositions for inducing an immune response or for vaccinating a subject are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Richard Malley, Yingjie Lu, Fan Zhang
  • Publication number: 20250064983
    Abstract: The invention of the disclosure features Ca2+-calmodulin dependent kinase II (CaMKII) inhibitory multimeric polypeptides polynucleotides encoding such polypeptide, and methods of using the same for the treatment of cardiac diseases (e.g., catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT) or atrial fibrillation (AF)).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: The Children's Medical Center Corporation
    Inventors: Vassilios J. Bezzerides, William J. Pu, Sofia M. De La Serna Buzon
  • Publication number: 20250064910
    Abstract: Technologies for the prevention and/or treatment of Salmonella infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: THE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Richard MALLEY, Fan ZHANG, Yingjie LU