Patents by Inventor Duncan Brown

Duncan Brown 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: 20250099603
    Abstract: The present application relates to oligonucleotides (e.g., antisense oligonucleotides such as gapmers) designed to target FXN RNAs and targeting complexes for delivering the oligonucleotides to cells (e.g., muscle cells) and uses thereof, particularly uses relating to treatment of disease. In some embodiments, the muscle-targeting agent specifically binds to an internalizing cell surface receptor on muscle cells. In some embodiments, the molecular payload increases expression or activity of a FXN allele comprising a disease-associated-repeat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: Dyne Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Romesh R. Subramanian, Cody A. Desjardins, Oxana Beskrovnaya, Timothy Weeden, Mohammed T. Qatanani, Brendan Quinn, John Najim, Victor Kotelianski, Duncan Brown
  • Publication number: 20250066791
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds, compositions, and methods for the study, diagnosis, and treatment of traits, diseases and conditions that respond to the modulation of PHD2 gene expression and/or activity, and/or modulate a beta-catenin gene expression pathway. Specifically, the invention relates to double-stranded nucleic acid molecules including small nucleic acid molecules, such as short interfering nucleic acid (siNA), short interfering RNA (siRNA), double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), micro-RNA (miRNA), and short hairpin RNA (shRNA) molecules that are capable of mediating or that mediate RNA interference (RNAi) against PHD2 gene expression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Brandon Ason, Duncan Brown, Walter R. Strapps
  • Publication number: 20250051766
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are UNC13A oligonucleotides with one or more spacers or without a spacer. In various embodiments, UNC13A oligonucleotides with spacer(s) reduce mis-spliced UNC13A transcripts and increase full length UNC13A transcripts, thereby imparting therapeutic efficacy against neurological diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), frontotemporal dementia (FTD), or Alzheimer's disease (AD).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: SANDRA HINCKLEY, DUNCAN BROWN, DANIEL ELBAUM, MARISA ELIZABETH KAMELGARN
  • Publication number: 20250034564
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and compositions for editing a polynucleotide, e.g., a polynucleotide comprising a SNP associated with a disease or disorder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Mallikarjuna Reddy Putta, Stephen V. Su, Andrew Fraley, Stuart Milstein, Duncan Brown
  • Publication number: 20250034563
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and compositions for editing a polynucleotide, e.g., a polynucleotide comprising a SNP associated with a disease or disorder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Mallikarjuna Reddy Putta, Stephen V. Su, Andrew Fraley, Stuart Milstein, Duncan Brown
  • Publication number: 20250002913
    Abstract: The present invention relates to nucleic acid molecules for use in the treatment or prevention of disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Amy MCCARTHY, Graham CRAGGS, James LONGDEN, Ines DE SANTIAGO, Duncan BROWN, Ahmad ALI MORTAZAVI, Viviana MANNELLA, Muthusamy JAYARAMAN
  • Patent number: 12152243
    Abstract: The invention provides non-opioid pain therapeutic compositions that include an antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) complementary to an identified target on a NaV channel mRNA. The ASO hybridizes to its target RNA and forms a duplex that recruits RNase H to degrade the RNA, thereby downregulating NaV channel synthesis, which inhibits the neuron's ability to contribute to the perception of pain. The ASO targets one of the specific identified targets, and may be provided as a gapmer that includes a central DNA segment flanked by modified RNA wings. When the composition is delivered to dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons in vitro, the DRG neurons exhibit a dose-dependent knockdown of NaV1.7, NaV1.8, or NaV1.9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: QuellTx, Inc.
    Inventors: Graham T. Dempsey, Owen McManus, Hongkang Zhang, David Gerber, Pin Liu, Dawei Zhang, Duncan Brown, Sudhir Agrawal, Caitlin Lewarch
  • Publication number: 20240382513
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to molecular payloads that modulate the expression or activity of genes involved in muscle growth and maintenance (e.g., MSTN, INHBA, ACVR1B, MLCK1, ACVR1, FBXO32, TRIM63, MEF2D, KLF15, MED1, MED13, and/or PPP1R3A), and complexes comprising a muscle-targeting agent covalently linked to such molecular payloads. In some embodiments, the muscle-targeting agent specifically binds to an internalizing cell surface receptor on a muscle cell (e.g., a cardiac muscle cell, a smooth muscle cell, a skeletal muscle cell). In some embodiments, the molecular payload is an oligonucleotide, such as an antisense oligonucleotide or RNAi oligonucleotide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: Dyne Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Romesh R. Subramanian, Mohammed T. Qatanani, Cody A. Desjardins, Duncan Brown, Victor Kotelianski, Timothy Weeden, Brendan Quinn, John Najim
  • Publication number: 20240352458
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel nucleic acid compound suitable for therapeutic use. Additionally, the present invention provides methods of making these compounds, as well as methods of using such compounds for the treatment of various diseases and conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Amy MCCARTHY, Graham CRAGGS, James LONGDEN, Ines DE SANTIAGO, Duncan BROWN, Ahmad Ali MORTAZAVI, Viviana MANNELLA, Muthusamy JAYARAMAN, Alexandre DEBACKER, Adrian James MOGG
  • Publication number: 20240336922
    Abstract: The present invention relates to inhibitors, and compositions containing inhibitors, and uses of the same in the treatment or prevention of diabetes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2024
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Inventors: Alan Victor WHITMORE, Julie BORGEL, Amy MCCARTHY, Graham CRAGGS, James LONGDEN, Ines DE SANTIAGO, Duncan BROWN, Ahmad Ali MORTAZAVI, Viviana MANNELLA, Muthusamy JAYARAMAN, Alexandre DEBACKER, Adrian MOGG
  • Publication number: 20240294921
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to oligonucleotides (e.g., RNAi oligonucleotides such as siRNAs) designed to target GYSI RNAs and targeting complexes for delivering the oligonucleotides to cells (e.g., muscle cells) and uses thereof, particularly uses relating to treatment of disease (e.g., Pompe Disease).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Applicant: Dyne Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Romesh R. Subramanian, Cody A. Desjardins, Oxana Beskrovnaya, Timothy Weeden, Mohammed T. Qatanani, Brendan Quinn, John Najim, Victor Kotelianski, Duncan Brown
  • Publication number: 20240247271
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds, compositions, and methods for the study, diagnosis, and treatment of traits, diseases and conditions that respond to the modulation of CTNNB1 gene expression and/or activity, and/or modulate a beta-catenin gene expression pathway. Specifically the invention relates to double-stranded nucleic acid molecules including small nucleic acid molecules, such as short interfering nucleic acid (siNA), short interfering RNA (siRNA), double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), micro-RNA (miRNA), and short hairpin RNA (shRNA) molecules that are capable of mediating or that mediate RNA interference (RNAi) against CTNNB1 gene expression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Duncan Brown, James J. Cunningham, Marian Gindy, Victoria Pickering, Matthew G. Stanton, Steven M. Stirdivant, Walter R. Strapps
  • Publication number: 20240216522
    Abstract: The present application relates to oligonucleotides (e.g., antisense oligonucleotides such as gapmers) designed to target FXN RNAs and targeting complexes for delivering the oligonucleotides to cells (e.g., muscle cells) and uses thereof, particularly uses relating to treatment of disease. In some embodiments, the muscle-targeting agent specifically binds to an internalizing cell surface receptor on muscle cells. In some embodiments, the molecular payload increases expression or activity of a FXN allele comprising a disease-associated-repeat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicant: Dyne Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Romesh R. Subramanian, Cody A. Desjardins, Oxana Beskrovnaya, Timothy Weeden, Mohammed T. Qatanani, Brendan Quinn, John Najim, Victor Kotelianski, Duncan Brown
  • Publication number: 20240209377
    Abstract: The invention provides non-opioid pain therapeutic compositions that include an antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) complementary to an identified target on a NaV channel mRNA. The ASO hybridizes to its target RNA and forms a duplex that recruits RNase H to degrade the RNA, thereby downregulating NaV channel synthesis, which inhibits the neuron's ability to contribute to the perception of pain. The ASO targets one of the specific identified targets, and may be provided as a gapmer that includes a central DNA segment flanked by modified RNA wings. When the composition is delivered to dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons in vitro the DRG neurons exhibit a dose-dependent knockdown of NaV 1.7 NaV 1.8 or NaV 1.9.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Graham T. Dempsey, Hongkang Zhang, David Gerber, Owen McManus, Pin Liu, Dawei Zhang, Duncan Brown, Sudhir Agrawal, Caitlin Lewarch
  • Patent number: 11952573
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds, compositions, and methods for the study, diagnosis, and treatment of traits, diseases and conditions that respond to the modulation of PHD2 gene expression and/or activity, and/or modulate a beta-catenin gene expression pathway. Specifically, the invention relates to double-stranded nucleic acid molecules including small nucleic acid molecules, such as short interfering nucleic acid (siNA), short interfering RNA (siRNA), double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), micro-RNA (miRNA), and short hairpin RNA (shRNA) molecules that are capable of mediating or that mediate RNA interference (RNAi) against PHD2 gene expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Sirna Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Brandon Ason, Duncan Brown, Walter R. Strapps
  • Publication number: 20240110184
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to oligonucleotides (e.g., RNAi oligonucleotides such as siRNAs) designed to target DUX4 RNAs and targeting complexes for delivering the oligonucleotides to cells (e.g., muscle cells) and uses thereof, particularly uses relating to treatment of disease (e.g., FSHD).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Dyne Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Duncan Brown, Nelson Hsia, Romesh R. Subramanian, Mohammed T. Qatanani, Timothy Weeden, Cody A. Desjardins, Brendan Quinn, John Najim
  • Publication number: 20240102017
    Abstract: Among other things, the present disclosure provides oligonucleotides targeting calpain-2 and compositions thereof. In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides methods for preventing or treating various conditions, disorders or diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Joshua Barry Cohen, Justin Bernard Klee, Duncan Brown
  • Publication number: 20240102018
    Abstract: Among other things, the present disclosure provides oligonucleotides targeting SARM1 and compositions thereof. In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides methods for preventing or treating various conditions, disorders or diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Joshua Barry Cohen, Justin Bernard Klee, Duncan Brown, Evan James Mizerak
  • Publication number: 20240018522
    Abstract: Described herein are oligonucleotides (e.g., single-stranded oligonucleotides) and compositions thereof for targeting a mutation in the spliceosome, such as the U 1 small nuclear RNA (snRNA), as well as related methods of use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Jesse Jerome Smith, Duncan Brown, Michael W. Seiler, Peter Smith, Anant A. Agrawal
  • Publication number: 20230203180
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to molecular payloads that modulate the expression or activity of genes involved in muscle growth and maintenance (e.g., MSTN, INHBA, ACVR1B, MLCK1, ACVR1, FBXO32, TRIM63, MEF2D, KLF15, MED1, MED13, and/or PPP1R3A), and complexes comprising a muscle-targeting agent covalently linked to such molecular payloads. In some embodiments, the muscle-targeting agent specifically binds to an internalizing cell surface receptor on a muscle cell (e.g., a cardiac muscle cell, a smooth muscle cell, a skeletal muscle cell). In some embodiments, the molecular payload is an oligonucleotide, such as an antisense oligonucleotide or RNAi oligonucleotide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: Dyne Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Romesh R. Subramanian, Mohammed T. Qatanani, Cody A. Desjardins, Duncan Brown, Victor Kotelianski, Timothy Weeden, Brendan Quinn, John Najim