Patents Assigned to The Government of the United States of America, represented by the Secretary of Health and Human S
  • Publication number: 20140134205
    Abstract: Embodiments herein report compositions, methods and uses for dengue-4 (DENV-4) virus constructs. Some embodiments concern a composition that includes, but is not limited to, DENV-4 virus constructs alone or in combination with other constructs, can be used in a vaccine composition to induce an immune response in a subject. In certain embodiments, compositions can include constructs of more than one serotypes of dengue virus, such as dengue-1 virus, dengue-2 virus, or dengue-3 virus in combination with DENV-4 virus constructs disclosed herein. In other embodiments, DENV-4 constructs disclosed herein can be combined in a composition with other flavivirus constructs to generate a vaccine against more than one flavivirus. Other embodiments provide methods and uses for DENV-4 virus constructs in vaccine compositions that when administered to a subject induce an immune response in the subject against DENV-4 that is improved by modified constructs compared to other vaccine compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicants: The Government of the United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of Health & Human S, INVIRAGEN, INC.
    Inventors: Jill A. Livengood, Claire Y. Huang, Timothy D. Powell, Dan T. Stinchcomb, Jorge Osorio
  • Publication number: 20070275007
    Abstract: Carbohydrate antigen-nanoparticle conjugates are disclosed. Methods of making carbohydrate antigen-nanoparticle conjugates are also disclosed. The carbohydrate antigen-nanoparticle conjugates can be used to inhibit metastasis of tumor cells in mammals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2004
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Applicants: The Government of the United States of America, represented by the Secretary of Health and Human S, The Research Foundation of State University of New York
    Inventors: Joseph Barchi, Kate Rittenhouse-Olson, Sergei Svarovsky