Patents Assigned to Echogen, Inc.
  • Metal abstraction peptide with superoxide dismutase activity
    Patent number: 9187735
    Abstract: Compositions comprising peptides that are capable of binding a metal are disclosed. Such compositions can be used for binding metal in a variety of contexts and environments. In various embodiments, peptides are used for antioxidant activity, anti-inflammatory activity, anti-pain therapy, as chemical reagents, and/or as superoxide dismutase mimics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignees: UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, ECHOGEN, INC.
    Inventors: Jennifer Ann Stowell Laurence, Mary Elizabeth Krause, Timothy A. Jackson, Amanda Michelle Glass, George Laurence
  • Metal Abstraction Peptide With Release of Metal
    Publication number: 20140037626
    Abstract: Compositions comprising peptides that are capable of binding a metal in a square planar orientation, a square pyramidal orientation, or both, are disclosed. Such compositions can be used for binding and releasing a metal in a variety of contexts and environments, such as the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicants: Echogen, Inc., University of Kansas
    Inventors: Jennifer Ann Stowell Laurence, Mary Elizabeth Krause, George Laurence
  • Metal Abstraction Peptide With Superoxide Dismutase Activity
    Publication number: 20130330314
    Abstract: Compositions comprising peptides that are capable of binding a metal are disclosed. Such compositions can be used for binding metal in a variety of contexts and environments. In various embodiments, peptides are used for antioxidant activity, anti-inflammatory activity, anti-pain therapy, as chemical reagents, and/or as superoxide dismutase mimics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicants: Echogen, Inc., University of Kansas
    Inventors: Jennifer Ann Stowell Laurence, Mary Elizabeth Krause, Timothy A. Jackson, Amanda Michelle Glass, George Laurence
  • Metal Abstraction Peptide and Uses Thereof
    Publication number: 20130018172
    Abstract: Compositions comprising certain tripeptides which are capable of binding a metal in a square planar orientation, a square pyramidal orientation, or both, are disclosed in processes for modulating tagged peptides or proteins. Such compositions and processes may be used for site-specific chiral inversion of amino acids, site-specific peptide cleavage, and protein purification, among other uses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicants: Echogen, Inc., University of Kansas
    Inventors: Jennifer Ann Stowell Laurence, Mary Elizabeth Krause, Timothy A. Jackson, George Laurence