Patents by Inventor Aida Morales

Aida Morales has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20070141081
    Abstract: The present invention is related to the obtaining of chimeric chains coding for proteins capable of inducing, in the recipient, a serotype-specific and protective humoral immune response against the infection by the Dengue virus, thus eliminating the effects of the serotype-nonespecific viral immunoenhancement that causes hemorrhagies and clinical complications described for this kind of pathology. These chimeric chains of nucleic acids are composed by the specific combination of fragments belonging to the gene of a mutated protein from Neisseria meningitidis with dehydrogenase activity and fragments that codify for a region of the envelope (E) protein from the Dengue virus which, when inserted to an expression vector, give rise to chimeric proteins with particular properties. The resultant chimeric molecules from this invention are applicable to the pharmaceutical industry for the obtaining of vaccine preparations and diagnostic means of high serotype-specificity to be used in humans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2007
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Inventors: Lisset Cruz, Rayner Diaz, Laura Vazquez, Aida Morales, Carlos Abarrategui, Iris Prado, Ricardo Silva Rodriguez, Glay Santiago, Gerardo Guillen Nieto, Maria Guzman Tirado, Beatriz de la Sierra Vazquez, Raul Espinosa Perez