Patents Assigned to The Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
  • Patent number: 9884101
    Abstract: The present invention relates to recombinant fragments of Plasmodium polypeptides and polynucleotides encoding same. The invention further relates to compositions comprising the recombinant fragments of Plasmodium polypeptides and their use in the treatment and prevention of malaria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute for Medical Research
    Inventors: Lin Chen, Alan Cowman, Tony Triglia
  • Patent number: 9861679
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of treating cancer in a subject wherein the method comprising administering to the subject an IAP antagonist and a p38 and/or a MK2 inhibitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
    Inventors: Najoua Lalaoui, John Henry Silke, David Laurence Vaux
  • Patent number: 9778269
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the use of a soluble CD52 glycoprotein in treating diseases regulated by effector T-cells, for example sepsis or multiple sclerosis. The present disclosure also relates to diagnostic methods based on the detection of CD52 expression levels in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
    Inventors: Leonard Charles Harrison, Maryam Rashidi, Yuxia Zhang
  • Patent number: 9585969
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a soluble CD52 glycoprotein and its use in treating diseases regulated by effector T-cells, for example autoimmune diseases such as type 1 diabetes. The present disclosure also relates to fusion proteins comprising the soluble glycoprotein, to cells expressing high levels of CD52, and to diagnostic methods based on the detection of CD52 expression levels in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
    Inventors: Esther Bandala Sanchez, James Dromey, Leonard Charles Harrison, Yuxia Zhang
  • Publication number: 20160184383
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of treating cancer in a subject wherein the method comprising administering to the subject an IAP antagonist and a p38 and/or a MK2 inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicant: THE WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH
    Inventors: Najoua LALAOUI, John Henry SILKE, David Laurence VAUX
  • Publication number: 20160130539
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of producing a food or malt-base beverage suitable for consumption by a subject with Coeliac's disease. In particular, the present invention relates to methods of producing a food or malt-based beverage with low levels of hordeins. Also provided are barley plants which produce grain that can be used in the methods of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicants: COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION, WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH, GRAINS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, MELBOURNE HEALTH
    Inventors: Gregory John Tanner, Crispin Alexander Howitt
  • Patent number: 9221799
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutical acceptable derivative, salt or prodrug thereof. Further provided is a method of treatment of cancer in a subject comprising administering to said subject an effective amount of a compound of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutical acceptable derivative, salt or prodrug thereof. Further provided is the use of a compound of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutical acceptable derivative, salt or prodrug thereof in the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of cancer. In addition, the present invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutical acceptable derivative, salt or prodrug thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
    Inventors: Antony Wilks Burgess, Francesca Walker, Keith Geoffrey Watson, Helen Witchard, Guillaume Lessene
  • Patent number: 9174982
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds which inhibit the activity of anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 proteins, compositions containing the compounds and methods of treating diseases during which is expressed anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignees: ABBVIE INC., GENENTECH, INC., THE WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH
    Inventors: Milan Bruncko, Hong Ding, George A. Doherty, Steven W. Elmore, Lisa A. Hasvold, Laura Hexamer, Aaron R. Kunzer, Xiaohong Song, Andrew J. Souers, Gerard M. Sullivan, Zhi-Fu Tao, Gary T. Wang, Le Wang, Xilu Wang, Michael D. Wendt, Robert A. Mantei, Todd M. Hansen
  • Patent number: 9133427
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of producing a food or malt-base beverage suitable for consumption by a subject with Coeliac's disease. In particular, the present invention relates to methods of producing a food or malt-based beverage with low levels of hordeins. Also provided are barley plants which produce grain that can be used in the methods of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignees: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Grains Research and Development Corporation, Melbourne Health
    Inventors: Gregory John Tanner, Crispin Alexander Howitt
  • Patent number: 9134311
    Abstract: This invention relates to an immunogenic molecule comprising a contiguous amino acid sequence of an invasion ligand of a strain of Plasmodium falciparum, the invasion ligand capable of binding to an erythrocyte receptor, the receptor function being resistant to trypsin and neuraminidase and chymotrypsin, wherein when administered to a subject the molecule is capable of inducing an immune response to the strain. The invention further relates to compositions and methods for the treatment of diseases such as malaria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
    Inventors: Alan Cowman, Lin Chen, Jacob Baum
  • Patent number: 9109040
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides from Plasmodium and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention further relates to compositions comprising the polypeptides and their use in the treatment and prevention of malaria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
    Inventors: Lin Chen, Alan Cowman, Tony Triglia
  • Patent number: 9067928
    Abstract: In one aspect, the present invention provides for a compound of Formula I in which in Formula I, the variables X1, X2a, X2b, X2c, R1, B, L, E, A and the subscript n are as defined herein. In another aspect, the present invention provides for pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula I as well as methods for using compounds of Formula I for the treatment of diseases and conditions (e.g., cancer, thrombocythemia, etc) characterized by the expression or over-expression of Bcl-2 anti-apoptotic proteins, e.g., of anti-apoptotic Bcl-xL proteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignees: AbbVie Inc., Genentech, Inc., The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
    Inventors: Jonathan Bayldon Baell, Chinh Thien Bui, Peter Colman, Danette A. Dudley, Wayne J. Fairbrother, John A. Flygare, Guillaume Laurent Lessene, Chudi Ndubaku, George Nikolakopoulos, Carl Steven Rye, Brad Edmund Sleebs, Brian John Smith, Keith Geoffrey Watson, Steven W. Elmore, Andrew M. Petros, Andrew J. Souers, Peter Czabotar
  • Patent number: 8962830
    Abstract: The present invention relates to chemical compounds of formula (I) and methods for their use and preparation. In particular, the invention relates to substituted pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine based compounds which can be used in treating proliferative disorders, use of these compounds in methods of therapy and the manufacture of medicaments as well as compositions containing these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
    Inventors: Guillaume Laurent Lessene, Jonathan Bayldon Baell, Antony Wilks Burgess, Hiroshi Maruta
  • Patent number: 8952157
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds which inhibit the activity of anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 proteins, compositions containing the compounds and methods of treating diseases during which is expressed anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignees: AbbVie Inc., The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
    Inventors: Hong Ding, George A. Doherty, Steven W. Elmore, Laura Hexamer, Aaron R. Kunzer, Cheol-Min Park, Xiahong Song, Andrew J. Souers, Gerard M. Sullivan, Zhi-Fu Tao, Le Wang, Michael D. Wendt, Peter Edward Czabotar, Guillaume Laurent Lessene, Peter Malcolm Colman
  • Patent number: 8835629
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutical acceptable derivative, salt or prodrug thereof. Further provided is a method of treatment of cancer in a subject comprising administering to said subject an effective amount of a compound of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutical acceptable derivative, salt or prodrug thereof. Further provided is the use of a compound of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutical acceptable derivative, salt or prodrug thereof in the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of cancer. In addition, the present invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutical acceptable derivative, salt or prodrug thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
    Inventors: Antony Wilks Burgess, Francesca Walker, Keith Geoffrey Watson, Helen Witchard
  • Publication number: 20140199434
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of producing a food or malt-base beverage suitable for consumption by a subject with Coeliac's disease. In particular, the present invention relates to methods of producing a food or malt-based beverage with low levels of hordeins. Also provided are barley plants which produce grain that can be used in the methods of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicants: GRAINS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, MELBOURNE HEALTH
    Inventors: Gregory John Tanner, Crispin Alexander Howitt
  • Patent number: 8741635
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a method for the generation of a substantially homogenous population of undifferentiated cells. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method for isolating a substantially homogenous population of stem cells, and in particular, mammary stem cells (MaSCs). The MaSCs of the present invention are isolated on the basis of differential levels of proteins present on their cell surface. The MaSCs of the present invention are particularly useful as targets for identifying agents which modulate MaSC survival, self-renewal, proliferation and/or differentiation in both normal and diseased tissue such as, but not limited to, tumor tissue, and, also as source of tissue for the regeneration, replacement and/or augmentation of tissue damaged and/or lost after disease or injury.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
    Inventors: Geoffrey John Lindeman, Mark Shackleton, Francois Vaillant, Jane Ellen Visvader
  • Publication number: 20140113910
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds which inhibit the activity of anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 proteins, compositions containing the compounds and methods of treating diseases during which is expressed anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicants: AbbVie Inc., The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Milan Bruncko, Hong Ding, George A. Doherty, Steven W. Elmore, Lisa A. Hasvold, Laura Hexamer, Aaron R. Kunzer, Xiaohong Song, Andrew J. Souers, Gerard M. Sullivan, Zhi-Fu Tao, Gary T. Wang, Le Wang, Xilu Wang, Michael D. Wendt, Robert A. Mantei, Todd M. Hansen
  • Patent number: 8703147
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods useful in the treatment or prevention of a condition caused by or associated with infection by Plasmodium falciparum, such as malaria. The compositions include various antigens of Plasmodium falciparum, both alone and in combination. The invention further includes fragments of the antigens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
    Inventors: Alan Cowman, James Beeson, Alexander Gerd Maier, Kristina E. M. Persson, Jonathan S. Richards, Sash Lopaticki
  • Publication number: 20140094471
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds which inhibit the activity of anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 proteins, compositions containing the compounds and methods of treating diseases during which is expressed anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicants: AbbVie Inc., The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Milan Bruncko, Hong Ding, George A. Doherty, Steven W. Elmore, Lisa A. Hasvold, Laura Hexamer, Aaron R. Kunzer, Xiaohong Song, Andrew J. Souers, Gerard M. Sullivan, Zhi-Fu Tao, Gary T. Wang, Le Wang, Xilu Wang, Michael D. Wendt, Robert A. Mantei, Todd M. Hansen