Patents Assigned to The Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
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Patent number: 9884101Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 30, 2015Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute for Medical ResearchInventors: Lin Chen, Alan Cowman, Tony Triglia
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Patent number: 9861679Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 5, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical ResearchInventors: Najoua Lalaoui, John Henry Silke, David Laurence Vaux
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Patent number: 9778269Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 25, 2013Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical ResearchInventors: Leonard Charles Harrison, Maryam Rashidi, Yuxia Zhang
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Patent number: 9585969Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 15, 2012Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical ResearchInventors: Esther Bandala Sanchez, James Dromey, Leonard Charles Harrison, Yuxia Zhang
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Publication number: 20160184383Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2015Publication date: June 30, 2016Applicant: THE WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCHInventors: Najoua LALAOUI, John Henry SILKE, David Laurence VAUX
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Publication number: 20160130539Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2015Publication date: May 12, 2016Applicants: COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION, WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH, GRAINS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, MELBOURNE HEALTHInventors: Gregory John Tanner, Crispin Alexander Howitt
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Patent number: 9221799Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 6, 2014Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical ResearchInventors: Antony Wilks Burgess, Francesca Walker, Keith Geoffrey Watson, Helen Witchard, Guillaume Lessene
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Patent number: 9174982Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 26, 2013Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignees: ABBVIE INC., GENENTECH, INC., THE WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCHInventors: 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
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Patent number: 9133427Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 28, 2014Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignees: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Grains Research and Development Corporation, Melbourne HealthInventors: Gregory John Tanner, Crispin Alexander Howitt
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Patent number: 9134311Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 27, 2009Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical ResearchInventors: Alan Cowman, Lin Chen, Jacob Baum
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Patent number: 9109040Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 8, 2011Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Assignee: The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical ResearchInventors: Lin Chen, Alan Cowman, Tony Triglia
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Patent number: 9067928Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 27, 2013Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignees: AbbVie Inc., Genentech, Inc., The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical ResearchInventors: 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
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Patent number: 8962830Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 8, 2011Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical ResearchInventors: Guillaume Laurent Lessene, Jonathan Bayldon Baell, Antony Wilks Burgess, Hiroshi Maruta
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Patent number: 8952157Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 26, 2013Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignees: AbbVie Inc., The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical ResearchInventors: 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
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Patent number: 8835629Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 27, 2011Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical ResearchInventors: Antony Wilks Burgess, Francesca Walker, Keith Geoffrey Watson, Helen Witchard
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Publication number: 20140199434Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2014Publication date: July 17, 2014Applicants: GRAINS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, MELBOURNE HEALTHInventors: Gregory John Tanner, Crispin Alexander Howitt
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Patent number: 8741635Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 12, 2005Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical ResearchInventors: Geoffrey John Lindeman, Mark Shackleton, Francois Vaillant, Jane Ellen Visvader
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Publication number: 20140113910Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2013Publication date: April 24, 2014Applicants: 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
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Patent number: 8703147Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 5, 2008Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical ResearchInventors: Alan Cowman, James Beeson, Alexander Gerd Maier, Kristina E. M. Persson, Jonathan S. Richards, Sash Lopaticki
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Publication number: 20140094471Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2013Publication date: April 3, 2014Applicants: 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