Patents Assigned to The University of Queensland St. Lucia
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Patent number: 8293812Abstract: The invention provides a polymer composite comprising a thermoplastic host polymer having solid particulate material dispersed therethrough, the host polymer having at least one phase nanodomain, wherein the solid particulate material comprises particles having height, length and width dimensions of which at least one is substantially less than one or both of the other dimensions, and wherein the composite exhibits an increase in modulus of no more than 15% and a higher tensile strength, relative to said host polymer.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2005Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: The University of Queensland St. LuciaInventor: Darren James Martin
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Publication number: 20110207181Abstract: The invention is directed to novel enzymes that convert sucrose to isomaltulose. More particularly, the present invention discloses novel sucrose isomerases, polynucleotides encoding these sucrose isomerases, methods for isolating such polynucleotides and nucleic acid constructs that express these polynucleotides. Also disclosed are cells, including transformed bacterial or plant cells, and differentiated plants comprising cells, which contain these sucrose isomerase-encoding polynucleotides, as well as extracts thereof. Methods of producing isomaltulose are also disclosed which use the polypeptides, polynucleotides, cells, cell extracts and plants of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2011Publication date: August 25, 2011Applicant: The University of Queensland, St. LuciaInventors: Robert George BIRCH, Luguang WU
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Patent number: 7977082Abstract: The invention is directed to novel enzymes that convert sucrose to isomaltulose. More particularly, the present invention discloses novel sucrose isomerases, polynucleotides encoding these sucrose isomerases, methods for isolating such polynucleotides and nucleic acid constructs that express these polynucleotides. Also disclosed are cells, including transformed bacterial or plant cells, and differentiated plants comprising cells, which contain these sucrose isomerase-encoding polynucleotides, as well as extracts thereof. Methods of producing isomaltulose are also disclosed which use the polypeptides, polynucleotides, cells, cell extracts and plants of the invention.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2006Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Assignee: The University of Queensland of St. LuciaInventors: Robert George Birch, Luguang Wu
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Publication number: 20090214473Abstract: A method of treating multiple sclerosis (MS) is provided which includes the step of administering a pharmaceutically-effective amount of chaperonin 10 and IFN-beta. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions and a kit for treating MS, which include chaperonin 10 and IFN-beta.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2009Publication date: August 27, 2009Applicant: The University of Queensland of St. LuciaInventors: Halle MORTON, Alice CAVANAGH
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Patent number: 7524654Abstract: The invention is directed to novel enzymes that convert sucrose to isomaltulose. More particularly, the present invention discloses novel sucrose isomerases, polynucleotides encoding these sucrose isomerases, methods for isolating such polynucleotides and nucleic acid constructs that express these polynucleotides. Also disclosed are cells, including transformed bacterial or plant cells, and differentiated plants comprising cells, which contain these sucrose isomerase-encoding polynucleotides, as well as extracts thereof. Methods of producing isomaltulose are also disclosed which use the polypeptides, polynucleotides, cells, cell extracts and plants of the invention.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2006Date of Patent: April 28, 2009Assignee: The University of Queensland of St. LuciaInventors: Robert George Birch, Luguang Wu
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Publication number: 20080268017Abstract: A method of producing a tissue includes placing a molding support within a body cavity for a time and under conditions sufficient for non-vascularized tissue comprising myofibroblasts to form on the molding support. In some embodiments, the tissue produced by this method is particularly useful as vascular tissue for the treatment or prophylaxis of diseased or damaged blood vessels such as in atherosclerosis.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2008Publication date: October 30, 2008Applicant: The University of Queensland of St. LuciaInventors: Julie H. CAMPBELL, Gordon Ronald Campbell
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Publication number: 20080160582Abstract: The invention is directed to novel enzymes that convert sucrose to isomaltulose. More particularly, the present invention discloses novel sucrose isomerases, polynucleotides encoding these sucrose isomerases, methods for isolating such polynucleotides and nucleic acid constructs that express these polynucleotides. Also disclosed are cells, including transformed bacterial or plant cells, and differentiated plants comprising cells, which contain these sucrose isomerase-encoding polynucleotides, as well as extracts thereof. Methods of producing isomaltulose are also disclosed which use the polypeptides, polynucleotides, cells, cell extracts and plants of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2006Publication date: July 3, 2008Applicant: The University of Queensland of St. LuciaInventors: Robert George Birch, Luguang Wu
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Patent number: 7250282Abstract: The invention is directed to novel enzymes that convert sucrose to isomaltulose. More particularly, the present invention discloses novel sucrose isomerases, polynucleotides encoding these sucrose isomerases, methods for isolating such polynucleotides and nucleic acid constructs that express these polynucleotides. Also disclosed are cells, including transformed bacterial or plant cells, and differentiated plants comprising cells, which contain these sucrose isomerase-encoding polynucleotides, as well as extracts thereof. Methods of producing isomaltulose are also disclosed which use the polypeptides, polynucleotides, cells, cell extracts and plants of the invention.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2003Date of Patent: July 31, 2007Assignee: The University of Queensland of St. LuciaInventors: Robert George Birch, Luguang Wu
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Publication number: 20070077569Abstract: The invention is directed to novel enzymes that convert sucrose to isomaltulose. More particularly, the present invention discloses novel sucrose isomerases, polynucleotides encoding these sucrose isomerases, methods for isolating such polynucleotides and nucleic acid constructs that express these polynucleotides. Also disclosed are cells, including transformed bacterial or plant cells, and differentiated plants comprising cells, which contain these sucrose isomerase-encoding polynucleotides, as well as extracts thereof. Methods of producing isomaltulose are also disclosed which use the polypeptides, polynucleotides, cells, cell extracts and plants of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2006Publication date: April 5, 2007Applicant: The University of Queensland of St. LuciaInventors: Robert Birch, Luguang Wu
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Patent number: 7172870Abstract: This invention relates to treatment of papillomavirus infections. Primarily there is provided a method of treatment of an existing papillomavirus (PV) infection which includes the step of administration of PV VLPs selected from the group consisting of PV L1 VLPs and PV L1/L2 VLPs to a patient suffering from the PV infection. Suitably the PV infection is characterised by the presence of epithelial lesions. The major infection which is treated are gential warts caused by HPV 6 and HPV 11.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2005Date of Patent: February 6, 2007Assignee: The University of Queensland of St. LuciaInventors: Ian Frazer, Xiao Yi Sun, legal representative, Jian Zhou, deceased
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Patent number: 6867033Abstract: This invention relates to treatment of papillomavirus infections. Primarily there is provided a method of treatment of an existing papillomavirus (PV) infection which includes the step of administration of PV VLPs selected from the group consisting of PV L1 VLPs and PV L1/L2 VLPs to a patient suffering from the PV infection. Suitably the PV infection is characterised by the presence of epithelial lesions. The major infection which is treated are gential warts caused by HPV 6 and HPV 11.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 1999Date of Patent: March 15, 2005Assignee: The University of Queensland of St. LuciaInventors: Ian Frazer, Xiao Yi Sun, Jian Zhou
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Publication number: 20040126404Abstract: The present invention relates generally to tissue implant material for use in grafting procedures. More particularly, the present invention provides non-vascular tissue for use as vascular graft material. The present invention further contemplates a method of vascular grafting using non-vascular tissue. The tissue of the present invention is preferably autologous relative to the recipient of the graft and is conveniently prepared around or on a molding support or other foreign body inserted into a body cavity of the intended recipient of the graft. The tissues and methods of the present invention are particularly useful in the treatment or prophylaxis of diseased or damaged blood vessels such as in atherosclerosis.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2003Publication date: July 1, 2004Applicant: University of Queensland of St. LuciaInventors: Julie Hazel Campbell, Gordon Ronald Campbell
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Patent number: 6726912Abstract: A papillomavirus polyprotein construct comprises at least two amino acid sequences fused directly or indirectly together, each of the sequences being the sequence of an early ORF protein of papillomavirus or an immunogenic variant or fragment thereof, and at least one of said sequences being other than the E6 or E7 protein sequence or an immunogenic variant or fragment thereof. Nucleic acid molecules encoding the polyprotein construct, prophylactic or therapeutic compositions comprising the polyprotein construct or the nucleic acid molecule, and methods for eliciting an immune response against papillomavirus in a host animal are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2001Date of Patent: April 27, 2004Assignees: CSL Limited, University of Queensland of St. LuciaInventors: Elizabeth Ann Webb, Mary Brigid Margetts, John Cooper Cox, Ian Frazer, Nigel Alan John McMillan, Mark Philip Williams, Margaret Bridget Holland Moloney, Stirling John Edwards