Patents Assigned to The Broad Institute
  • Publication number: 20200369633
    Abstract: The present invention provides dihydrooxydiazinone compounds of general formula (I): in which R1, R2, R3, and R4, are as defined herein, methods of preparing said compounds, intermediate compounds useful for preparing said compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and combinations comprising said compounds and the use of said compounds for manufacturing pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment or prophylaxis of diseases, in particular of hyperproliferative diseases, as a sole agent or in combination with other active ingredients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicants: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft, Bayer Pharma Aktiengesellschaft, The Broad Institute, Inc., Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Manuel Ellermann, Stefan Nikolaus Gradl, Charlotte Christine Kopitz, Martin Lange, Adrian Tersteegen, Philip Lienau, Christa Hegele-Hartung, Detlev Sülzle, Timothy A. Lewis, Heidi Greulich, Xiaoyun Wu, Matthew Meyerson, Alex Burgin
  • Publication number: 20200370133
    Abstract: The present invention features methods for characterizing mutational profiles in patients with bladder cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicants: The Broad Institute, Inc., The General Hospital Corporation, Baylor College of Medicine, The Brigham and Women?s Hospital, Inc., Northwestern University, The Johns Hopkins University, United States Government as represented by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
    Inventors: Jaegil Kim, Gad Getz, Seth Paul Lerner, David Kwiatkowski, Joshua Meeks, Joaquim Bellmunt, David McConkey
  • Publication number: 20200362369
    Abstract: The invention provides for systems, methods, and compositions for altering expression of target gene sequences and related gene products. Provided are structural information on the Cas protein of the CRISPR-Cas system, use of this information in generating modified components of the CRISPR complex, vectors and vector systems which encode one or more components or modified components of a CRISPR complex, as well as methods for the design and use of such vectors and components. Also provided are methods of directing CRISPR complex formation in eukaryotic cells and methods for utilizing the CRISPR-Cas system. In particular the present invention comprehends optimized functional CRISPR-Cas enzyme systems, wherein the guide sequence is modified by secondary structure to increase the specificity of the CRISPR-Cas system and whereby the secondary structure can protect against exonuclease activity and allow for 5? additions to the guide sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicants: The Broad Institute, Inc., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Feng ZHANG, Omar O. ABUDAYYEH, James E. DAHLMAN, Patrick HSU, David A. SCOTT
  • Patent number: 10835585
    Abstract: Disclosed herein in one aspect is a pharmaceutical composition comprising a plurality of neoantigenic peptides and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, each neoantigenic peptide comprising a tumor-specific neoepitope capable of binding to an HLA protein in a subject, each tumor-specific neoepitope comprising a tumor-specific mutation present in a tumor, wherein (a) the composition comprises neoantigenic peptides comprising tumor-specific mutations present in at least 1% of subjects in a population of subjects suffering from cancer; (b) the composition comprises neoantigenic peptides comprising tumor-specific neoepitopes which bind to HLA proteins present in at least 5% of subjects in the population; and (c) the composition comprises at least one neoantigenic peptide capable of eliciting an immune response against a tumor present in at least 5% of the subjects in the population of subjects suffering from cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignees: The Broad Institute, Inc., Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Inc., The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Edward F. Fritsch, Nir Hacohen, Michael S. Rooney, Sachet Ashok Shukla, Catherine J. Wu, Pavan Bachireddy, Jing Sun
  • Publication number: 20200354742
    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: July 24, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicants: The Broad Institute, Inc., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Feng ZHANG, Le Cong, Fei Ran
  • Publication number: 20200353033
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates compositions and methods for combinatorial drug discovery in nanoliter droplets. More particularly, the disclosure relates to novel synergistic agents that increase efficacy of antibiotic agents to treat bacterial infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicants: The Broad Institute, Inc., MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Paul Blainey, Anthony Kulesa, Jared Kehe
  • Publication number: 20200354751
    Abstract: The invention provides for delivery, 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. 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: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicants: The Broad Institute, Inc., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Feng Zhang, Fei Ran
  • Patent number: 10822587
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to compositions and methods for identifying the regulatory network that modulates, controls or otherwise influences T cell balance, for example, Th17 cell differentiation, maintenance and/or function, as well compositions and methods for exploiting the regulatory network that modulates, controls or otherwise influences T cell balance in a variety of therapeutic and/or diagnostic indications. This invention also relates generally to identifying and exploiting target genes and/or target gene products that modulate, control or otherwise influence T cell balance in a variety of therapeutic and/or diagnostic indications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignees: The Broad Institute, Inc., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, President and Fellows of Harvard College, The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.
    Inventors: Aviv Regev, Vijay Kuchroo, Hongkun Park, Nir Yosef, Alexander K. Shalek, Jellert Gaublomme, Nicole C. Joller, Chuan Wu, Ana Carrizosa Anderson
  • Publication number: 20200338087
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods of treating and/or preventing inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) using salt-inducible kinase (SIK) inhibitors, such as macrocyclic SIK inhibitors of Formula (I), imidazolyl SIK inhibitors of Formula (II), and urea and carbamate SIK inhibitors of Formula (III-A) (e.g., urea and carbamate STK inhibitors of Formula (III)).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicants: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc., The Broad Institute, Inc., President and Fellows of Harvard College, The General Hospital Corporation d/b/a Massachusetts General Hospital
    Inventors: Alykhan Shamji, Thomas Sundberg, Nathanael S. Gray, Ramnik Xavier, Stuart L. Schreiber, Hwan Geun Choi, Yanke Liang
  • Patent number: 10801015
    Abstract: The present invention features assays for co-culturing primary cells while maintaining key biological activities specific to the primary cells. The invention is based, at least in part, on the discovery that compositions and methods for primary cells in a high-throughput co-culture platform, image analysis for distinguishing cells in co-cultures and assays that are suitable for screening of agents in epithelial cells, such as hepatocytes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignees: The Broad Institute, Inc., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Sangeeta Bhatia, Jing Shan, Anne Carpenter Van Dyk, David Logan, Nathan Ross
  • Patent number: 10801070
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of determining a cancer treatment prognosis for a subject in need thereof by evaluating epigenetic and genetic changes within a tumor sample from the subject. The present invention further provides methods of treating cancer in a subject by evaluating epigenetic and genetic changes within a tumor sample from the subject. In addition, the present invention provides methods of screening test agents to identify agents that decrease tumor cell plasticity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignees: The Broad Institute, Inc., Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc., The General Hospital Corporation, President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Mark Kendell Clement, Gad Getz, Dan-Avi Landau, Alexander Meissner, Catherine Ju-Ying Wu
  • Publication number: 20200318172
    Abstract: The invention provides for systems, methods, and compositions for targeting nucleic acids. In particular, the invention provides non-naturally occurring or engineered DNA-targeting systems comprising a novel DNA-targeting CRISPR effector protein and at least one targeting nucleic acid component like a guide RNA. Methods for making and using and uses of such systems, methods, and compositions and products from such methods and uses are also disclosed and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicants: The Broad Institute, Inc., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Feng ZHANG, Bernd ZETSCHE, Johnathan S. GOOTENBERG, Omar O. ABUDAYYEH, Ian SLAYMAKER
  • Publication number: 20200317675
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compounds of Formula (I), (II), and (III). The provided compounds are able to bind protein kinases (e.g., SIK) and may be useful in modulating (e.g., inhibiting) the activity of a protein kinase (e.g., SIK, (e.g., SIK1, SIK2, or SIK3)) in a subject or cell. The provided compounds may be useful in treating or preventing a disease (e.g., proliferative disease, musculoskeletal disease, genetic disease, hematological disease, neurological disease, painful condition, psychiatric disorder, or metabolic disorder) in a subject in need thereof. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, kits, methods, and uses that include or involve a compound described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicants: The Broad Institute, Inc., Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc., The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Nathanael S. GRAY, Yanke LIANG, Hwan Geun CHOI, Thomas SUNDBERG, Alykhan SHAMJI, Ramnik XAVIER, David E. FISHER, Nisma MUJAHID
  • Publication number: 20200318123
    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: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: The Broad Institute, Inc.
    Inventor: Feng Zhang
  • Publication number: 20200318173
    Abstract: The invention provides for systems, methods, and compositions for targeting nucleic acids. In particular, the invention provides non-naturally occurring or engineered DNA-targeting systems comprising a novel DNA-targeting CRISPR effector protein and at least one targeting nucleic acid component like a guide RNA. Methods for making and using and uses of such systems, methods, and compositions and products from such methods and uses are also disclosed and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicants: The Broad Institute, Inc., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Feng ZHANG, Bernd ZETSCHE, Johnathan S. GOOTENBERG, Omar O. ABUDAYYEH, Ian SLAYMAKER
  • Patent number: 10793538
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, or prodrug thereof, wherein W, X, n, s, t, and Ra are as described herein. The present invention relates generally to selective inhibitors of histone deacetylase and to methods of making and using them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: The Broad Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Holson, Fanny Lazzaro, David Olson, Florence Fevrier Wagner, Michel Weiwer
  • Publication number: 20200277596
    Abstract: The invention provides, inter alia, methods for uniquely labeling populations of agents of interest using random combinations of oligonucleotides. The oligonucleotides may comprise a unique nucleotide sequence and/or one or more non-nucleic acid detectable moieties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Applicant: The Broad Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Steelman, Robert Nicol, Robert E. Lintner
  • Patent number: 10752588
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel dopamine D2 receptor ligands. The invention further relates to functionally-biased dopamine D2 receptor ligands and the use of these compounds for treating or preventing central nervous system and systemic disorders associated with dysregulation of dopaminergic activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignees: The Broad Institute, Inc., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Edward Holson, Florence Fevrier, Michel Weiwer, Edward Scolnick, Michelle Palmer, Michael C. Lewis, Jennifer Q. Pan, Yan-Ling Zhang, Qihong Xu
  • Patent number: 10745356
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds for the treatment of a bacterial infection. Additionally, the present invention provides compositions and methods for using these compounds and compositions in the treatment of a bacterial infection in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: The Broad Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael H. Serrano-Wu, Chao Fang
  • Patent number: 10738055
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds of the formula (I): as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein the substituents are as those disclosed in the specification. These compounds, and the pharmaceutical compositions containing them, are useful for the treatment of malaria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: The Broad Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Eamon Comer, Nobutaka Kato, Christina Scherer, Jessica Bastien, Jeremy Duvall, Timothy Lewis, Morgane Sayes, Matthew Leighty, Jun Pu, Jennifer Beaudoin, Bertrand Braibant, Benito Munoz