Patents by Inventor David R. Liu

David R. Liu 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: 20250136960
    Abstract: Described herein are compositions, vectors, cells, methods, and kits that provide cell data recorder systems for recording cell states. The cell data recorder systems allow for the recording of both the presence and duration of one or more stimuli in a programmable, reproducible, and multiplexable manner. These cell data recorder systems employ a nucleic acid programmable DNA binding protein, such as a Cas9 nuclease, or a fusion protein comprising a nucleic acid programmable DNA binding domain and a nucleic acid editing domain to introduce recordable changes in the genome of a cell or in a plasmid within the cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: David R. Liu, Weixin Tang
  • Patent number: 12281303
    Abstract: Compositions and methods are provided herein for conducting prime editing of a target DNA molecule (e.g., a genome) that enables the incorporation of a nucleotide change and/or targeted mutagenesis. The compositions include fusion proteins comprising nucleic acid programmable DNA binding proteins (napDNAbp) and a polymerase (e.g., reverse transcriptase), which is guided to a specific DNA sequence by a modified guide RNA, named an PEgRNA. The PEgRNA has been altered (relative to a standard guide RNA) to comprise an extended portion that provides a DNA synthesis template sequence which encodes a single strand DNA flap which is synthesized by the polymerase of the fusion protein and which becomes incorporated into the target DNA molecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignees: The Broad Institute, Inc., President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: David R. Liu, Andrew Vito Anzalone, James William Nelson
  • Patent number: 12281338
    Abstract: Some aspects of this disclosure provide strategies, systems, reagents, methods, and kits that are useful for the targeted editing of nucleic acids or the modification of nucleic acids or proteins, including editing a single site within the genome of a cell or subject, e.g., within the human genome. In some embodiments, fusion proteins of nucleic acid programmable DNA binding proteins e.g., GeoCas9 or variants thereof, and effector domains, e.g., deaminase domains, are provided. In some embodiments, methods for targeted nucleic acid editing or protein modification are provided. In some embodiments, reagents and kits for the generation of targeted nucleic acid editing proteins, e.g., fusion proteins of a GeoCas9 and effector domains, are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignees: The Broad Institute, Inc., President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: David R. Liu, Yongjoo Kim
  • Publication number: 20250115901
    Abstract: Compositions and methods are provided herein for conducting prime editing of a target DNA molecule (e.g., a genome) that enables the incorporation of a nucleotide change and/or targeted mutagenesis. The compositions include fusion proteins comprising nucleic acid programmable DNA binding proteins (napDNAbp) and a polymerase (e.g., reverse transcriptase), which is guided to a specific DNA sequence by a modified guide RNA, named an PEgRNA. The PEgRNA has been altered (relative to a standard guide RNA) to comprise an extended portion that provides a DNA synthesis template sequence which encodes a single strand DNA flap which is synthesized by the polymerase of the fusion protein and which becomes incorporated into the target DNA molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicants: The Broad Institute, Inc., President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: David R. Liu, Andrew Vito Anzalone, James William Nelson
  • Publication number: 20250109177
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to compositions and methods for targeted protein degradation. In some embodiments, the disclosure relates to methods of evolving protein degrons to interact with certain small molecule inducers (e.g., VS-777, PT-179, or PK-1016). In some embodiments, the disclosure relates to compositions (e.g., peptides, nucleic acids encoding the protein degrons, etc.) used for targeted protein degradation. In some embodiments, the disclosure relates to methods of degrading a target polypeptide in a cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Applicants: The Broad Institute, Inc., President and Fellows of Harvard College, The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.
    Inventors: David R. Liu, Amit Choudhary, Jaron August McClure Mercer, Stephan DeCarlo, Praveen Tiwari, Praveen Kokkonda, Veronika Shoba, Arghya Deb, Sreekanth Vedagopuram
  • Publication number: 20250109165
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds of Formula (I-A), (I-B), or (I-C), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, hydrates, polymorphs, co-crystals, tautomers, stereoisomers, isotopically enriched forms, prodrugs, or mixtures thereof, and compositions thereof. Also provided are methods and kits involving the inventive compounds or compositions for treating and/or preventing diseases and/or conditions (e.g., neurological disease (e.g., Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), metabolic disorder (e.g., obesity, diabetes, X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD)), proliferative disease (e.g., cancers), hepatic disease (e.g., liver cirrhosis), conditions associated with autophagy (e.g., neurodegenerative disease, infection, cancer, conditions associated with aging, heart disease), conditions associated with aging, conditions associated with modulating the mPTP, cardiovascular conditions (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Applicants: The Broad Institute, Inc., President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: David R. Liu, Alexander A. Peterson
  • Publication number: 20250101395
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides Cas protein variants comprising one or more amino acid substitutions relative to wild-type Cas14a1. Fusion proteins comprising the Cas protein variants described herein are also provided by the present disclosure. Further provided herein are methods for modifying a target nucleic acid using the Cas proteins and fusion proteins provided herein. The present disclosure also provides guide RNAs, complexes, polynucleotides, systems, cells, kits, and pharmaceutical compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicants: The Broad Institute, Inc., President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: David R. Liu, Aditya Raguram
  • Publication number: 20250092382
    Abstract: The disclosure provides adenosine deaminases that are capable of deaminating adenosine in DNA. The disclosure also provides fusion proteins comprising a Cas9 (e.g., a Cas9 nickase) domain and adenosine deaminases that deaminate adenosine in DNA. In some embodiments, the fusion proteins further comprise a nuclear localization sequence (NLS), and/or an inhibitor of base repair, such as, a nuclease dead inosine specific nuclease (dISN).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: David R. Liu, Nicole Gaudelli
  • Publication number: 20250092374
    Abstract: Some aspects of this disclosure provide strategies, systems, reagents, methods, and kits that are useful for engineering Cas9 and Cas9 variants that have increased activity on target sequences that do not contain the canonical PAM sequence. In some embodiments, fusion proteins comprising such Cas9 variants and nucleic acid editing domains, e.g., deaminase domains, are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: David R. Liu, Johnny Hao Hu
  • Publication number: 20250090687
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides zinc finger domain-containing proteins comprising optimized ?-, ?-, and linker motifs, and fusion proteins comprising said zinc finger domain-containing proteins fused to an effector domain. The present disclosure also provides double-stranded DNA deaminase A (DddA) variants and fusion proteins comprising said DddA variants fused to a programmable DNA binding protein (e.g., any of the zinc finger domain-containing proteins disclosed herein, a TALE protein, or a CRISPR/Cas9 protein). Methods for editing DNA (including genomic DNA and mitochondrial DNA) using the fusion proteins described herein are also provided by the present disclosure. The present disclosure further provides polynucleotides, vectors, cells, kits, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the zinc finger domain-containing proteins, DddA variants, and fusion proteins described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicants: The Broad Institute, Inc., President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: David R. Liu, Julian Wills
  • Publication number: 20250084400
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions, methods, kits, and systems relating to efficient delivery of cargos (e.g., therapeutic cargos) into cells, for instance, for in vivo delivery. The present disclosure provides lipid-containing particles (e.g., virus-like particles) for delivering therapeutic cargos. The present disclosure also provides polynucleotides encoding the lipid-containing particles provided herein, which may be useful for producing said lipid-containing particles. Also provided are methods for editing nucleic acid molecules in cells using the lipid-containing particles provided herein, as well as cells and kits comprising the lipid-containing particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicants: The Broad Institute, Inc., President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: David R. Liu, Thomas J. Cahill, III, Philip DeSouza, Aditya Raguram, Samagya Banskota, Meirui An
  • Publication number: 20250084399
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions, methods, kits, and systems relating to efficient delivery of cargos (e.g., therapeutic cargos) into cells, for instance, for in vivo delivery. The present disclosure provides lipid-containing particles (e.g., virus-like particles) for delivering therapeutic cargos. The present disclosure also provides polynucleotides encoding the lipid-containing particles provided herein, which may be useful for producing said lipid-containing particles. Also provided are methods for editing nucleic acid molecules in cells using the lipid-containing particles provided herein, as well as cells and kits comprising the lipid-containing particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicants: The Broad Institute, Inc., President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: David R. Liu, Thomas J. Cahill, III, Philip DeSouza, Aditya Raguram, Samagya Banskota, Meirui An
  • Publication number: 20250064981
    Abstract: Nucleic acid molecules, compositions, recombinant AAV (rAAV) particles, kits, and methods are described herein for delivering a base editor (or “nucleobase editor”) to cells, e.g., via AAV vectors. In particular, the disclosure provides compositions, methods, and uses for delivery of adenine base editors and cytosine base editors in a single AAV vector (or genome). Further described herein are improved AAV vectors containing size-minimized regulatory components that enable, e.g., the packaging of base editors. Provided herein are methods and compositions for delivering base editor proteins to a cell or tissue in a single recombinant AAV (rAAV) vector. Contemplated herein are improved methods and compositions for delivering these base editors in vivo, in a single rAAV particle. Further provided herein are base editors and compositions and cells comprising these base editors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicants: The Broad Institute, Inc., President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: David R. Liu, Jonathan Ma Levy, Jessie Rose Davis, Tony P. Huang, Isaac Witte
  • Publication number: 20250064979
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides virus-like particles (VLPs) for delivering prime editors, and systems comprising such prime editor (PE) VLPs. The present disclosure also provides polynucleotides encoding the PE-VLPs described herein, which may be useful for producing said PE-VLPs. Also provided herein are methods for editing the genome of a target cell by introducing the presently described PE-VLPs into the target cell. The present disclosure also provides fusion proteins that make up a component of the PE-VLPs described herein, as well as polynucleotides, vectors, cells, and kits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicants: The Broad Institute, Inc., President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: David R. Liu, Aditya Raguram, Samagya Banskota, Meirui An
  • Publication number: 20250059244
    Abstract: Some aspects of this disclosure provide strategies, systems, reagents, methods, and kits that are useful for the targeted editing of nucleic acids, including editing a single site within the genome of a cell or subject, e.g., within the human genome. The disclosure provides fusion proteins of nucleic acid programmable DNA binding proteins (napDNAbp), e.g., Cas9 or variants thereof, and nucleic acid editing proteins such as cytidine deaminase domains (e.g., novel cytidine deaminases generated by ancestral sequence reconstruction), and adenosine deaminases that deaminate adenine in DNA. Aspects of the disclosure relate to fusion proteins (e.g., base editors) that have improved expression and/or localize efficiently to the nucleus. In some embodiments, base editors are codon optimized for expression in mammalian cells. In some embodiments, base editors include multiple nuclear localization sequences (e.g., bipartite NLSs), e.g., at least two NLSs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicants: The Broad Institute, Inc., President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: David R. Liu, Luke W. Koblan, Christopher Gerard Wilson, Jordan Leigh Doman
  • Patent number: 12215365
    Abstract: Some aspects of this disclosure provide strategies, systems, reagents, methods, and kits that are useful for the targeted editing of nucleic acids, including editing a single site within the genome of a cell or subject, e.g., within the human genome. In some embodiments, fusion proteins of Cas9 and nucleic acid editing enzymes or enzyme domains, e.g., deaminase domains, are provided. In some embodiments, methods for targeted nucleic acid editing are provided. In some embodiments, reagents and kits for the generation of targeted nucleic acid editing proteins, e.g., fusion proteins of Cas9 and nucleic acid editing enzymes or domains, are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: David R. Liu, Alexis Christine Komor
  • Publication number: 20250034549
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions, methods, kits, and systems relating to efficient delivery of cargos (e.g., therapeutic cargos) into cells, for instance, for in vivo delivery. The present disclosure provides lipid-containing particles (e.g., virus-like particles) for delivering therapeutic cargos. The present disclosure also provides polynucleotides encoding the lipid-containing particles provided herein, which may be useful for producing said lipid-containing particles. Also provided are methods for editing nucleic acid molecules in cells using the lipid-containing particles provided herein, as well as cells and kits comprising the lipid-containing particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicants: The Broad Institute, Inc., President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: David R. Liu, Thomas J. Cahill, III, Philip DeSouza, Aditya Raguram, Samagya Banskota, Meirui An
  • Publication number: 20250027114
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides Cas9 variants, and base editors comprising these variants, that recognize non-canonical protospacer adjacent motifs (PAMs) and have less restrictive PAM requirements for editing. The present disclosure provides Cas9 protein variants comprising one or more amino acid substitutions relative to wild-type Nme2Cas9. Fusion proteins comprising the Cas protein variants described herein are also provided by the present disclosure. Further provided herein are methods for editing a target nucleic acid using the Cas variants and fusion proteins provided herein. The present disclosure also provides guide RNAs, complexes, polynucleotides, cells, kits, and pharmaceutical compositions. Further described herein are phage-assisted continuous evolution (PACE) systems, vectors, methods, and devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Applicants: The Broad Institute, Inc., President and Fellows of Harvard College, Trustees of Boston University
    Inventors: David R. Liu, Tony P. Huang, Zachary J. Heins, Ahmad S. Khalil
  • Publication number: 20250011748
    Abstract: The specification provides programmable base editors that are capable of introducing a nucleotide change and/or which could alter or modify the nucleotide sequence at a target site in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) with high specificity and efficiency. Moreover, the disclosure provides fusion proteins and compositions comprising a programmable DNA binding protein (e.g., a mitoTALE, a mitoZFP, or a CRISPR/Casp) and double-stranded DNA deaminase that is capable of being delivered to the mitochondria and carrying out precise installation of nucleotide changes in the mtDNA. The fusion proteins and compositions are not limited for use with mtDNA, but also may be used for base editing of any double-stranded target DNA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicants: The Broad Institute, Inc., University of Washington, President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: David R. Liu, Beverly Mok, Joseph D. Mougous, Snow Brook Peterson, Marcos de Moraes, Julian Willis
  • Publication number: 20240417753
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides new prime editor guide RNAs for prime editing, constructs for prime editing, and methods for using same. In addition, the present disclosure provides compositions and methods for conducting prime editing of a target DNA molecule (e.g., a genome) that enables the incorporation of a nucleotide change and/or targeted mutagenesis (e.g., insertion or deletion). The nucleotide change can include a single-nucleotide change (e.g., any transition or any transversion), an insertion of one or more nucleotides, or a deletion of one or more nucleotides. More in particular, the disclosure provides fusion proteins comprising nucleic acid programmable DNA binding proteins (napDNAbp) and a polymerase (e.g., reverse transcriptase), which is guided to a specific DNA sequence by a prime editor RNA (PEgRNA).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicants: The Broad Institute, Inc., President and Fellows of Harvard College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: David R. Liu, Andrew Vito Anzalone, Max Walt Shen