Patents Assigned to WJWU & LYNN INSTITUTE FOR STEM CELL RESEARCH
  • Publication number: 20210095280
    Abstract: This invention generally relates to a group of novel chemical compositions and their use for formulating RNA- and/or DNA-based medicine drugs/vaccines into stable compound complexes useful for both in-vitro and in-vivo delivery. Particularly, the present invention teaches the synthesis of a group of novel trimethylglycyl chemicals and their use for formulating cosmetic, therapeutic- and/or pharmaceutical-grade nucleic acid compositions, including but not limited microRNA precursors (pre-miRNA/miRNA), small hairpin RNAs (shRNA), short interfering RNAs (siRNA), ribozymes, antisense oligonucleotides, RNA-DNA hybrids and DNA-based vectors/vaccines, with or without modification, into delivery complexes, which can then be absorbed by cells in vivo, ex vivo and/or in vitro through an active mechanism of endocytosis via acetylcoline receptors for releasing the therapeutic and pharmaceutical effects of the formulated nucleic acid compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicants: WJWU & LYNN Institute for Stem Cell Research, Mello Biotech Taiwan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shi-Lung Lin, Samantha Chang-Lin, Chin-Tsyh Donald Chang
  • Patent number: 9956196
    Abstract: This invention is related to a novel sugar-like chemical composition and its use for diabetes therapy. Particularly, the present invention teaches the use of monosaccharide-like glycylated sugar alcohol compounds to block or reduce sugar absorption in diabetes patients, so as to prevent the risk of hyperglycemia symptoms. Glycylation of sugar alcohols is a totally novel reaction that has never been reported before. Therefore, the novelty of the present invention is that for the first time glycylated sugar alcohols not only was found but also was found to be useful for treating Diabetes mellitus. In addition, the present invention teaches a method for producing these glycylated sugar alcohols. In sum, the present invention includes not only a kind of novel sugar-like chemical compositions and its use for treating diabetes but also a state-of-the-art protocol and methodology for producing such a novel composition via glycylation of sugars and sugar alcohols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: WJWU & LYNN INSTITUTE FOR STEM CELL RESEARCH AND MELLO BIOTECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Shi-Lung Lin, Samantha Chang-Lin, Yi-Wen Lin, Donald Chang
  • Patent number: 9879263
    Abstract: This invention generally relates to a composition and its production method useful for developing drugs/vaccines and/or therapies against a variety of degenerative diseases in humans. Particularly, the present invention teaches the essential steps of production and purification processes necessary for producing small hairpin-like RNA (shRNA) compositions, such as microRNA precursors (pre-miRNA) and short interfering RNAs (siRNA), which are useful for treating human ageing related diseases, such as, but not limited, Alzheimer's diseases, Parkinson's diseases, osteoporosis, diabetes, and cancers. The novelty of the present invention is to create an artificially enhanced adaptation environment for prokaryotic cells to adopt eukaryotic pol-2 and/or pol-2-like promoters for transcribing desired ncRNAs and/or their precursors without going through error-prone prokaryotic promoters, so as to improve the productive efficiency and reading fidelity of the shRNA transcription in the prokaryotic cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignees: MELLO BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC., WJWU & LYNN INSTITUTE FOR STEM CELL RESEARCH
    Inventors: Shi-Lung Lin, Donald Chang, David T S Wu