Patents by Inventor Alessandra LOPES

Alessandra LOPES 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: 20220331417
    Abstract: A vaccine for treating and/or preventing a brain tumor. More particularly, a modified vesicular stomatitis virus glycoprotein (VSV-G) including at least one tumor antigen, or a fragment thereof, for use in preventing and/or treating a brain tumor in an individual in need thereof, when administered before a surgery intended to remove all or part of the tumor, such as, a tumor resection. The inventors have shown that vaccination of individual with a brain tumor with a vaccine including a nucleic acid sequence encoding a modified VSV-G may be combined to a tumor resection in order to ameliorate the prognostic of the individuals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN
    Inventors: Gaëlle VANDERMEULEN, Alessandra LOPES, Chiara BASTIANCICH, Véronique PRÉAT