Patents by Inventor Elizabeth Williamson

Elizabeth Williamson 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).

  • Patent number: 11365415
    Abstract: The subject invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising an inhibitory RNA (iRNA) that mediates sequence-specific degradation of the mRNA encoding Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase 1 (PARP1) and methods of treating cancers by administering the pharmaceutical composition to a subject in need thereof. In one embodiment, the iRNA is miR-223, particularly, miR-223-3p or a modified miR-223-3p having substitutions and/or deletions in the sequence of miR-223-3p. In another embodiment, the cancer cells comprise one or more mutations in the genes that mediate homologous recombination DNA repair, for example, BRCA1 and/or BRCA2 genes. The cancer can be breast cancer, ovarian cancer, prostate cancer, pancreatic cancer or meso thelioma. Methods of treating cancer, for example, a cancer comprising BRCA1 and/or 2 mutations, using a combination of iRNA and a second cancer therapeutic are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert A. Hromas, Elizabeth Williamson, Gayathri Srinivasan
  • Publication number: 20210189399
    Abstract: The subject invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising an inhibitory RNA (iRNA) that mediates sequence-specific degradation of the mRNA encoding Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase 1 (PARP1) and methods of treating cancers by administering the pharmaceutical composition to a subject in need thereof. In one embodiment, the iRNA is miR-223, particularly, miR-223-3p or a modified miR-223-3p having substitutions and/or deletions in the sequence of miR-223-3p. In another embodiment, the cancer cells comprise one or more mutations in the genes that mediate homologous recombination DNA repair, for example, BRCA1 and/or BRCA2 genes. The cancer can be breast cancer, ovarian cancer, prostate cancer, pancreatic cancer or mesothelioma. Methods of treating cancer, for example, a cancer comprising BRCA1 and/or 2 mutations, using a combination of iRNA and a second cancer therapeutic are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Robert A. Hromas, Elizabeth Williamson, Gayathri Srinivasan
  • Publication number: 20150087886
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel cancer treatment compositions and associated therapeutic methods. More particularly, this invention relates in part to small chemical bifunctional inhibitors of DNA replication and repair proteins Metnase and/or Intnase (also termed Gypsy Integrase, Gypsy Integrease-1, Gypsy Retransposon Integrase 1, or GIN-1) that simultaneously damage DNA, and to a therapeutic method that utilizes the inhibitors to increase the effectiveness of cancer treatment protocols, including radiation therapy. In preferred embodiments, compounds, compositions and methods of treatment of the invention are used to treat a patient suffering from leukemia (e.g. acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and related cancers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Robert Hromas, Andrei Leitao, Tudor I. Oprea, Larry A. Sklar, Elizabeth A. Williamson, Justin Wray, Wei Wang
  • Patent number: 8889689
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel cancer treatment compositions and associated therapeutic methods. More particularly, this invention relates in part to small chemical bifunctional inhibitors of DNA replication and repair proteins Metnase and/or Intnase (also termed Gypsy Integrase, Gypsy Integrease-1, Gypsy Retransposon Integrase 1, or GIN-I) that simultaneously damage DNA, and to a therapeutic method that utilizes the inhibitors to increase the effectiveness of cancer treatment protocols, including radiation therapy. In preferred embodiments, compounds, compositions and methods of treatment of the invention are used to treat a patient suffering from leukemia (e.g. acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and related cancers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: STC.UNM
    Inventors: Robert Hromas, Andrei Leitao, Tudor I. Oprea, Larry A. Sklar, Elizabeth A. Williamson, Justin Wray, Wei Wang
  • Publication number: 20120302582
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel cancer treatment compositions and associated therapeutic methods. More particularly, this invention relates in part to small chemical bifunctional inhibitors of DNA replication and repair proteins Metnase and/or Intnase (also termed Gypsy Integrase, Gypsy Integrease-1, Gypsy Retransposon Integrase 1, or GIN-I) that simultaneously damage DNA, and to a therapeutic method that utilizes the inhibitors to increase the effectiveness of cancer treatment protocols, including radiation therapy. In preferred embodiments, compounds, compositions and methods of treatment of the invention are used to treat a patient suffering from leukemia (e.g. acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and related cancers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Inventors: Robert Hromas, Andrei Leitao, Tudor I. Oprea, Larry A. Sklar, Elizabeth A. Williamson, Justin Wray, Wei Wang
  • Publication number: 20120093917
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel cancer treatment compositions and associated therapeutic methods. More particularly, this invention relates in part to small chemical inhibitors of DNA repair proteins (Metnase) and to a therapeutic method that utilizes the inhibitors to increase the effectiveness of cancer treatment protocols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Inventors: Robert Hromas, Andrei Leitao, Tudor I. Oprea, Larry A. Sklar, Elizabeth A. Williamson, Justin Wray
  • Publication number: 20060271220
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method, system, and computer program product for improved flow of development lots in a manufacturing facility. A method in accordance to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: establishing at least one target for processing of a set of development lots in the manufacturing facility; monitoring a progress of the set of development lots in the manufacturing facility; comparing the progress of the set of development lots against the at least one target; establishing at least one suggested action for the set of development lots if the progress of the set of development lots deviates from the at least one target; and deciding which development lots in the set of development lots to assign to at least one tool in the manufacturing facility, wherein the at least one suggested action is incorporated into the assignment decision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2005
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Richard Burda, Alfred Degbotse, Brian Denton, Kenneth Fordyce, Robert Milne, Elizabeth Williamson