Abstract: The invention features a method of vaccinating a mammal against Staphylococcus aureus which includes the steps of: a) identifying a mammal at risk for the development of a Staphylococcus aureus skin or soft tissue infection; and b) administering to said mammal an immunogenic amount of a vaccine that includes a polypeptide including an isolated agglutinin-like sequence (Als) 3 protein (Als3p), or an immunogenic fragment thereof, in a pharmaceutically acceptable medium.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 20, 2012
Date of Patent:
May 19, 2020
Assignees:
NovaDigm Therapeutics, Inc., Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Inventors:
Michael R. Yeaman, John E. Edwards, Jr., Scott G. Filler, Ashraf S. Ibrahim, Yue Fu, John P. Hennessey, Jr.
Abstract: The invention features fragments of the Candida cell surface proteins Als3 and Hyr1 and combinations thereof useful in immunizing a subject against fungal or bacterial infections or both.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 14, 2014
Date of Patent:
November 20, 2018
Assignees:
Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, NovaDigm Therapeutics, Inc.
Inventors:
Ashraf S. Ibrahim, Michael R. Yeaman, Scott G. Filler, John E. Edwards, Jr., John P. Hennessey, Jr.
Abstract: The present invention relates to an isolated truncated form of the secretory aspartyl proteinase 2, as well as to nucleic acid molecules encoding same. The present invention also relates to a composition comprising an isolated truncated form of the secretory aspartyl proteinase 2, as well as to nucleic acid molecules encoding same.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 19, 2014
Date of Patent:
April 4, 2017
Assignees:
Istituto Superiore di Sanita, NovaDigm Therapeutics, Inc.
Inventors:
Rinaldo Zurbriggen, Flavia De Bernardis, Antonio Cassone, Silvia Rasi
Abstract: The invention features fragments of the Candida cell surface proteins Als3 and Hyr1 and combinations thereof useful in immunizing a subject against fungal or bacterial infections or both.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 14, 2014
Publication date:
February 4, 2016
Applicants:
Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, NovaDigm Therapeutics, Inc.
Inventors:
Ashraf S. IBRAHIM, Michael R. YEAMAN, Scott G. FILLER, John E. EDWARDS, JR., John P. HENNESSEY, JR.
Abstract: The invention features a method of vaccinating a mammal against Staphylococcus aureus which includes the steps of: a) identifying a mammal at risk for the development of a Staphylococcus aureus skin or soft tissue infection; and b) administering to said mammal an immunogenic amount of a vaccine that includes a polypeptide including an isolated agglutinin-like sequence (Als) 3 protein (Als3p), or an immunogenic fragment thereof, in a pharmaceutically acceptable medium.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 20, 2012
Publication date:
October 1, 2015
Applicants:
Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, NovaDigm Therapeutics, Inc.
Inventors:
Michael R. Yeaman, John E. Edwards, JR., Scott G. Filler, Ashraf S. Ibrahim, Yue Fu, John P. Hennessey, JR.