Abstract: A complete nutritional composition comprising Lactococcus strains or probiotic is provided for reducing the symptoms of allergies in different groups of patients such as allergies originating from food allergens in young children or infants and respiratory allergens in children, adults and household pets. Preferably the composition reduces symptoms of allergies (secondary prevention) while not significantly affecting sensitization (primary prevention). The composition comprises a probiotic of the genus Lactococcus.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 13, 2010
Date of Patent:
June 9, 2015
Assignee:
Nestec S.A.
Inventors:
Sebastien Holvoet, Annick Mercenier, Adrian Zuercher, Anurag Singh
Abstract: Methods and compositions for reducing the incidence of C. jejuni bacteria infections in poultry and in humans and other animals are formulated to include C. jejuni antigens, and particularly CadF, FlpA and FlaA. The antigens may be provided in the form of polypeptides or by hosts that produce the antigens. Fibronectin binding proteins of C. jejuni may also be used to deliver substances of interest to humans and other animals.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 16, 2010
Date of Patent:
June 2, 2015
Assignee:
Washington State University
Inventors:
Michael Konkel, Tri Duong, Charlie Larson, Jason Neal-McKinney
Abstract: Described herein is a composition useful for inducing expression of genes whose expression is under control of an inducible promoter sequence and methods for the compositions preparation and use.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 17, 2011
Date of Patent:
May 19, 2015
Assignee:
Danisco US Inc.
Inventors:
George R. England, Aaron Kelley, Colin Mitchinson
Abstract: The invention described herein provides for human antibodies produced in non-human animals that specifically bind to Pseudomonas aeruginosa Lipopolysaccharide (LPS). The invention further provides methods for making the antibodies in a non-human animal, expression of the antibodies in cell lines including hybridomas and recombinant host cell systems. Also provided are kits and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibodies and methods of treating or preventing pseudomonas infection by administering to a patient the pharmaceutical compositions described herein.
Abstract: The present invention generally provides methods and vaccines for the prevention of diseases caused by Neisseria meningitidis bacteria, particularly serogroup B strains.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 15, 2005
Date of Patent:
March 17, 2015
Assignee:
Children's Hospital & Research Center At Oakland
Abstract: The present invention provides compositions, methods, and assays for treating an inflammatory and/or autoimmune disease, and/or transplanted tissue rejection using anti-?? TCR antibodies and antibody fragments. Anti-?? TCR antibodies are antibodies which bind to a ?? TCR. Anti-?? TCR antibodies produced by the hybridoma TOL101 MCB are also provided.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 19, 2013
Date of Patent:
March 3, 2015
Assignee:
Tolera Therapeutics, Inc.
Inventors:
Daniel R. Getts, James J. Herrmann, John J. Puisis, Frank J. Fokta
Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include methods of altering the enzymatic activity or solubility of an extremophilic enzyme or post-translationally modifying a protein of interest via using isolated or partially purified glycosyltransferases and/or post-translational modification proteins, extracts of cells comprising glycosyltransferases and/or post-translational modification proteins, and/or in cells comprising one or more glycosyltransferases and/or post-translational modification proteins.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 12, 2010
Date of Patent:
March 3, 2015
Assignee:
Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC
Inventors:
David N. Thompson, David W. Reed, Vicki S. Thompson, Jeffrey A. Lacey, William A. Apel
Abstract: A vector comprising a polynucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 for detecting antibody against Toxocara spp. in a biological sample.
Abstract: Provided are oligonucleotides for isolating human antibody cDNAs from cells or cell lines, such as hybridomas. The invention also provides cDNAs that encode at least one provided CDR of a heavy chain or a light chain of a human monoclonal antibody that binds to B. anthracis protective antigen; and cDNAs that encode at least one provided CDR of a heavy chain or a light chain of a human monoclonal antibody that binds to B. anthracis lethal factor. The invention further provides expression vectors that contain one or more cDNAs isolated according to the methods of the invention, host cells expressing one or more inventive cDNAs, and transgenic plants and animals that express one or more inventive cDNAs. In certain embodiments of the invention the expression system is a plant-based expression system. The invention further provides antibody compositions comprising one or more antibodies produced by expressing a cDNA isolated according to the methods of the invention in a suitable expression system.
Abstract: Vaccine vectors and methods for enhancing resistance to Campylobacter infection or for enhancing the immune response to Campylobacter are provided herein. The vaccine vectors include a first polynucleotide which encodes an antigenic polypeptide selected from SEQ ID NO 7-9 or a fragment thereof. The vector may also include an immunostimulatory polypeptide. The methods include administering the vaccine vectors to a subject.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 9, 2011
Date of Patent:
February 24, 2015
Assignee:
The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas
Inventors:
Billy Hargis, Neil R. Pumford, Young Min Kwon, Sherryll Layton
Abstract: Methods for producing an immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) are disclosed herein. In several examples, the immune response is a protective immune response. In additional embodiments, methods are disclosed for inhibiting an infection with Mtb, preventing an infection with Mtb, or treating an infection with Mtb. Pharmaceutical compositions for the inhibition, prevention and/or treatment of tuberculosis are also disclosed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 19, 2010
Date of Patent:
February 24, 2015
Assignees:
Oregon Health & Science University, The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veteran Affairs
Inventors:
David M. Lewinsohn, Deborah A. Lewinsohn
Abstract: The present invention provides IRM conjugates that includes an IRM moiety and a second active moiety covalently linked to the IRM moiety in which the covalent link does not depend on UV irradiation.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 21, 2007
Date of Patent:
February 10, 2015
Assignee:
3M Innovative Properties Company
Inventors:
Doris Stoermer, George W. Griesgraber, James D. Mendoza, Jason D. Bonk
Abstract: The present invention provides an easy and rapid method for detecting/identifying the presence or absence of specific Plasmodium parasites and four species of malaria parasites in a human specimen, an anti-malaria measure support system, and a malaria infection-prevention/treatment system, which can contribute to practical diagnosis in a malaria endemic area. According to the present invention, using a genus-specific primer set that can detect four Plasmodium parasites that infect humans at a time, and the primer sets each specific to each of four species of Plasmodium parasites (P. falciparum, P. vivax, P. malariae, and P. ovale), the presence or absence of infection with these parasites can be detected/identified easily and rapidly.
Abstract: The present invention relates to a new bacterial strain of Samonella enterica serovar Typhimurium VNP20009 deposited in the Polish Collection of Microorganisms under access no. B/00024 and its us in the production of a vaccine, especially an anti-cancer vaccine. The present invention also relates to a method of obtaining a therapeutic vaccine vector, characterized in that a genetic modification is introduced into the vector strain specific to cancer cells, resulting in the delayed over expression of a gene encoding a protein responsible for the invasive ability of this strain.
Abstract: The invention provides modified virus Ankara (MVA), a replication-deficient strain of vaccinia virus, expressing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) env, gag, and pol genes.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 10, 2011
Date of Patent:
December 23, 2014
Assignees:
Emory University, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), The United States of America, as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services
Inventors:
Bernard Moss, Linda Wyatt, Patricia Earl, Harriet L. Robinson
Abstract: This invention relates to attenuated pestiviruses characterized in that their enzymatic activity residing in glycoprotein ERNS is inactivated, as well as methods of preparing, using and detecting these pestiviruses.
Abstract: Compositions and methods relating to interfering with the interaction of gangliosides, such as GM1, with their ligands are provided. For example, methods are provided for treating infections by blocking the infectious agent from binding with GM1 using GM1-like peptides. Also provided are methods of inhibiting ligands from binding to GM1 on the surface of cells and for neutralizing anti-GM1 antibodies in neurological diseases.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 19, 2012
Date of Patent:
November 4, 2014
Assignee:
Georgia Regents Research Institute, Inc.
Abstract: The present invention describes the use of immunomodulators to support the usual treatment against infectious diseases caused by facultative intracellular organisms. Starting from an analysis of the immune response installed in this type of infection, particularly the infection caused by Tuberculosis, a treatment kit is used that associates a soluble betaglycan type immunomodulator, associated with an anti-inflammatory agent of the prostaglandin E blocking type, which, when used together, modulate the immune response, thus permitting a shortening in treatment time with the respective antibiotics.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 12, 2004
Date of Patent:
September 23, 2014
Assignee:
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Inventors:
Rogelio Hernandez Pando, Fernando Lopez Casillas
Abstract: A chimeric polyvalent recombinant protein for use as a vaccine and diagnostic for Lyme disease is provided. The chimeric protein comprises epitopes of the loop 5 region and/or the alpha helix 5 region of outer surface protein C (OspC) types. The OspC types may be associated with mammalian Borrelia infections.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 19, 2011
Date of Patent:
August 19, 2014
Assignee:
Virginia Commonwealth University
Inventors:
Richard T. Marconi, Christopher Earnhart