Patents Assigned to Westmead Institute For Medical Research
  • Patent number: 11951127
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions comprising isolated T cells, with activity against a fungal antigen, a viral antigen or a tumour antigen, wherein the composition comprises a defined number or defined ratio of T cells. Described herein are compositions comprising at least two populations of T cells, the compositions being suitable for treating various diseases and disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignees: THE WESTMEAD INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH, THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY, WESTERN SYDNEY LOCAL HEALTH DISTRICT, NEW SOUTH WALES HEALTH PATHOLOGY
    Inventors: Emily Blyth, Leighton Clancy, David Gottlieb, Kenneth Micklethwaite
  • Patent number: 10940165
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a composition comprising isolated T cells, wherein the T cells have specificity against a range of clinical fungal pathogens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignees: The University of Sydney, Western Sydney Local Health District, Westmead Institute for Medical Research, NSW Health Pathology
    Inventors: David Gottlieb, Leighton Clancy, Emily Blyth, Kenneth Paul Micklethwaite, Shivashni Deo
  • Patent number: 10725026
    Abstract: A method for identifying a kidney transplant recipient at an increased risk of developing interstitial fibrosis or tubular atrophy which comprises obtaining a post-transplant urine sample from the kidney transplant recipient; measuring the level of clusterin in the urine sample; comparing the level of clusterin in the patient sample to the level of clusterin in a control sample from the urine of a non-fibrotic kidney transplant recipient; diagnosing a kidney transplant recipient with a clusterin level that is significantly higher than the clusterin level in the control as being at an increased risk of developing interstitial fibrosis or tubular atrophy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignees: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Westmead Institute For Medical Research, Western Sydney Local Health District
    Inventors: Barbara Murphy, Philip J. O'Connell