Patents Examined by David A. Montanari
  • Patent number: 12270049
    Abstract: A culture medium for inducing a pluripotent stem cell into a differentiation-promoted pluripotent stem cell, the medium including a Glycogen synthase kinase 3? (GSK3?) inhibitor, a Bone morphogenic protein (BMP) signaling inhibitor, and a Transforming growth factor (TGF)-? inhibitor as active ingredients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: KEIO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hideyuki Okano, Wado Akamatsu, Koki Fujimori, Takuya Matsumoto, Naoko Kuzumaki, Fumihiko Kisa
  • Patent number: 12258584
    Abstract: The generation of complex organ tissues from human embryonic and pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) remains a major challenge for translational studies. It is shown that PSCs can be directed to differentiate into intestinal tissue in vitro by modulating the combinatorial activities of several signaling pathways in a step-wise fashion, effectively recapitulating in vivo fetal intestinal development. The resulting intestinal “organoids” were three-dimensional structures consisting of a polarized, columnar epithelium surrounded by mesenchyme that included a smooth muscle-like layer. The epithelium was patterned into crypt-like SOX9-positive proliferative zones and villus-like structures with all of the major functional cell types of the intestine. The culture system is used to demonstrate that expression of NEUROG3, a pro-endocrine transcription factor mutated in enteric anendocrinosis is sufficient to promote differentiation towards the enteroendocrine cell lineage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Children's Hospital Medical Center
    Inventors: James M. Wells, Aaron M. Zorn, Jason R. Spence, Noah F. Shroyer
  • Patent number: 12234275
    Abstract: A chimeric antigen receptor is provided, including an extracellular segment, including a single-chain antibody region binding to an antigen human CD19 and a hinge region, a trans-membrane segment, including a trans-membrane domain of human CD8? linked to the hinge region of the extracellular segment and embedded in cell membrane of T lymphocyte, and an intracellular segment, including an intracellular domain of human CD8?, an intracellular domain of molecule 4-1BB and an intracellular domain of CD3 ? chain. The single-chain antibody region includes a heavy-chain variable region and a light-chain variable region of the single-chain antibody, the hinge region includes an extracellular domain of human CD8 alpha (CD8?) of 55 amino acid residues and three alanine residues (AAA) located at the N-terminal of the extracellular domain of human CD8?, and the intracellular domain of human CD8? includes seven amino acid residues and linked to the trans-membrane domain of human CD8?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: BEIJING MARINO BIOTECHNOLOGY PTY LTD.
    Inventors: Yongchao Yan, Yilin Zhu, Siyi Chen
  • Patent number: 12226436
    Abstract: It has been found that a cell cluster obtained by causing just isolated cells to adhere to each other secretes adiponectin after transplantation to the heart, and thereby has an excellent therapeutic effect on heart disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: ROHTO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kajita, Satsuki Fukushima, Shigeru Miyagawa, Yoshiki Sawa
  • Patent number: 12215339
    Abstract: Novel lentivirus packaging systems engineered with a synthetic gene network having a positive feedback loop to amplify the expression of virus genes are provided. When co-transfected into a host cell with a transfer plasmid and envelope vector, extremely high viral titers are achieved when compared to transfection of a host cell with conventional third generation packaging systems. Methods for enhancing production of lentivirus, compositions comprising high titer lentivirus, and therapeutic methods based on delivery of lentiviral nucleic acid to target cells are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: University of Cincinnati
    Inventors: Toru Matsuura, Christian I. Hong, Kaoru Matsuura
  • Patent number: 12213962
    Abstract: The present disclosure is generally related to methods for combining chemotherapy and immunotherapy for the treatment of a cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignees: Emory University, The UAB Research Foundation, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Inc.
    Inventors: Harold Trent Spencer, Anindya Dasgupta, Lawrence S. Lamb
  • Patent number: 12213999
    Abstract: The invention features compositions comprising in vitro generated beta cells capable of glucose-stimulated insulin secretion, methods of inducing beta cell maturation from embryonic or induced pluripotent stem cell-derived beta-like cells, and methods of using in vitro generated beta cells for the treatment of type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, or a related disorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES
    Inventors: Ronald M. Evans, Eiji Yoshihara, Michael R. Downes, Ruth T. Yu, Annette R. Atkins
  • Patent number: 12213468
    Abstract: Embodiments provided herein relate to systems for synthetically-engineered reciprocal chromosomal translocation for gene insertion into a population of organisms such as insects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Bruce A. Hay, Omar S. Akbari, Anna B. Buchman
  • Patent number: 12215354
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods to promote the differentiation of pluripotent stem cells. In particular, the present invention provides methods to produce a population of cells, wherein greater than 10% of the cells in the population express markers characteristic of single hormonal pancreatic beta cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Janssen Biotech, Inc.
    Inventor: Alireza Rezania
  • Patent number: 12201652
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for inducing tolerance and/or suppressing an immune response to an antigen by passing a cell suspension containing an anucleate cell through a constriction, wherein the constriction deforms the cell thereby causing a perturbation of the cell such that an antigen and/or tolerogenic factor enters the cell. In some embodiments, the anucleate cell is delivered to an individual and the antigen is delivered to and processed in a tolerogenic environment to induce tolerance and/or suppress an immune response to the antigen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Stemcell Technologies Canada Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan B. Gilbert, Bu Wang, Scott Loughhead, Howard Bernstein, Armon R. Sharei, Finola Moore
  • Patent number: 12180500
    Abstract: The present invention relates to viral vectors and methods of their production and use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Voyager Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Kotin, Jinzhao Hou, James McLaughlin
  • Patent number: 12171820
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to engineered immune cells, method for their preparation and their use as medicament, particularly for immunotherapy. The engineered immune cells of the present invention are characterized in that at least one gene selected from a gene encoding GCN2 and a gene encoding PRDM1 is inactivated or repressed. Such modified Immune cells are resistant to an arginine and/or tryptophan depleted microenvironment caused by, e.g., tumor cells, which makes the immune cells of the invention particularly suitable for immunotherapy. The invention opens the way to standard and affordable adoptive immunotherapy strategies using immune cells for treating different types of malignancies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Inventors: Laurent Poirot, Mathieu Simon
  • Patent number: 12173323
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are cell cultures and enriched cell populations of endocrine precursor cells, immature pancreatic hormone-expressing cells and mature pancreatic hormone-expressing cells. Also disclosed herein are methods of producing such cell cultures and cell populations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: ViaCyte, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin A. D'Amour, Anne Bang, Emmanuel E. Baetge
  • Patent number: 12171786
    Abstract: Provided are methods of determining whether a mammalian subject having an inflammatory condition (e.g., an oral inflammatory condition) will respond positively to mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) therapy, as well as method of treating such inflammatory conditions by administering MSCs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Boaz Arzi, Emily Mills Ko, Dori L Borjesson
  • Patent number: 12163155
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods for the production of antigen-specific effector T cells and NK cells from pluripotent stem cells which express a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR). Further provided herein are methods for the adoptive cell therapy by administering the effector T cells and/or NK cells provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Cellular Dynamics, Inc.
    Inventors: Maksym A. Vodyanyk, Xin Zhang, Andrew J. Brandl, Deepika Rajesh, Bradley Swanson, Christie Munn, Sarah Burton, Wen Bo Wang, Ethan McLEOD
  • Patent number: 12156890
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compositions and methods to produce 3D organ equivalents of the brain (i.e. “mini-brains”). The invention also relates to methods of using human induced pluripotent stem cells, a combination of growth and other soluble factors and gyratory shaking. Cells from healthy or diseased donors or animals can be used to allow testing different genetic backgrounds. The model can be further enhanced by using genetically modified cells, adding micro-glia or their precursors or indicator cells (e.g. with reporter genes or tracers) as well as adding endothelial cells to form a blood-brain-barrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Thomas Hartung, David Pamies, Helena T. Hogberg
  • Patent number: 12146153
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cellular microcompartment comprising successively, organized around a lumen, at least one layer of pluripotent cells, an extracellular matrix layer and an outer hydrogel layer. The invention also relates to processes for preparing such cellular microcompartments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignees: UNIVERSITE DE BORDEAUX, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, INSTITUT D'OPTIQUE THEORIQUE ET APPLIQUEE
    Inventors: Maxime Feyeux, Kevin Alessandri, Pierre Nassoy, Laurent Cognet, Gaelle Recher, Erwan Bezard
  • Patent number: 12145990
    Abstract: This invention relates to modified T cells that inducibly express a bioactive molecule, such as IL-7, and constitutively expresses an antigen receptor, such as a T cell receptor or chimeric antigen receptor that binds to a tumour antigen. The modified T cells may comprise a nucleic acid construct that comprises a first nucleotide sequence encoding the bioactive molecule, a second nucleotide sequence encoding the antigen receptor; an inducible promoter operably linked to the first nucleotide sequence and a constitutive promoter operably linked to the second nucleotide. Nucleic acid constructs and vectors are provided, as well as T cells comprising such constructs and vectors and therapeutic methods and uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: ADAPTIMMUNE LIMITED
    Inventors: Garth Hamilton, Jonathan Silk, Claire Gueguen
  • Patent number: 12146162
    Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to in vitro production methods of hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) and hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell (HSPC) that have long-term multilineage hematopoiesis potentials upon in vivo engraftment. The HSC and HSPCs are derived from pluripotent stem cells-derived hemogenic endothelia cells (HE) by non-integrative episomal vectors-based gene transfer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Inventor: George Q. Daley
  • Patent number: 12134785
    Abstract: A method is provided for producing renal organoids comprising nephrons, ureteric bud and vasculature and/or progenitors of these. In one embodiment, the methods includes contacting intermediate mesoderm cells with: fibroblast growth factor 9 and/or fibroblast growth factor 20 and/or fibroblast growth factor 2 and optionally, one or more selected from the group consisting of: bone morphogenic protein 7; heparin; a Wnt agonist; retinoic acid; and an RA antagonist under conditions that promote formation of vascularized renal organoids. Another embodiment includes producing mesoderm cells by sequentially contacting pluripotent stem cells with a Wnt agonist and fibroblast growth factor 9 and/or fibroblast growth factor 20 and/or fibroblast growth factor 2, followed by a relatively short re-exposure to the Wnt agonist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: The University of Queensland
    Inventors: Minoru Takasato, Melissa Little