Patents by Inventor Gerd Blobel

Gerd Blobel 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: 20230272390
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for producing fetal hemoglobin and treating a hemoglobinopathy or thalassemia are disclosed. Specifically, the disclosure provides methods of increasing the level of human fetal hemoglobin and/or gamma-globin in a cell or subject, the method comprising administering at least one zinc finger protein 410 (ZNF410) inhibitor to the cell or subject, wherein the subject has a beta-chain hemoglobinopathy, thalassemia, and/or sickle cell disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Gerd Blobel, Xianjiang Lan, Junwei Shi
  • Publication number: 20230045199
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for producing fetal hemoglobin and treating a hemoglobinopathy or thalassemia are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Gerd BLOBEL, Scott PESLAK, Junwei SHI
  • Publication number: 20220202958
    Abstract: Provided are compositions and methods for inducing expression of human beta-globin in erythrocytes for use in prophylaxis and/or therapy of a hemoglobinopathy in an individual. The method generally entails introducing into CD34+ cells a polynucleotide encoding: i) a 5? long terminal repeat (LTR) and a self-inactivating 3? LTR; ii) at least one polyadenylation signal; iii) at least one promoter; iv) a globin gene locus control region (LCR); v) an ankyrin insulator element (Ank); vi) a Woodchuck Post-Regulatory Element (WPRE) configured such that the WPRE does not integrate into a target genome; and vii) a sequence that is a reverse complement of a sequence encoding human beta-globin, and can include beta-globin that has a ?T87Q mutation. Intron 2 of the beta globin gene can be a complete intron. Modified erythrocyte progenitor cells, recombinant vectors and virions comprising recombinant polynucleotides, and methods of making the vectors and virions are included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Stefano Rivella, Laura Breda, Alisa Dong, Gerd Blobel, Wulan Deng
  • Patent number: 11311632
    Abstract: Provided are compositions and methods for inducing expression of human beta-globin in erythrocytes for use in prophylaxis and/or therapy of a hemoglobinopathy in an individual. The method generally entails introducing into CD34+ cells a poly-nucleotide encoding: i) a 5? long terminal repeat (LTR) and a self-inactivating 3? LTR; ii) at least one polyadenylation signal; iii) at least one promoter; iv) a globin gene locus control region (LCR); v) an ankyrin insulator element (Ank); vi) a Woodchuck Post-Regulatory Element (WPRE) configured such that the WPRE does not integrate into a target genome; and vii) a sequence that is a reverse complement of a sequence encoding human beta-globin, and can include beta-globin that has a PT87Q mutation. Intron 2 of the beta globin gene can be a complete intron. Modified erythrocyte progenitor cells, recombinant vectors and virions comprising recombinant polynucleotides, and methods of making the vectors and virions are included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignees: CORNELL UNIVERSITY, THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA
    Inventors: Stefano Rivella, Laura Breda, Alisa Dong, Gerd Blobel, Wulan Deng
  • Publication number: 20220071981
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for producing fetal hemoglobin and treating a hemoglobinopathy or thalassemia are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Gerd Blobel, Jeremy Grevet, Junwei Shi, Christopher Vakoc
  • Patent number: 11179379
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for producing fetal hemoglobin and treating a hemoglobinopathy or thalassemia are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignees: THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA, THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY
    Inventors: Gerd Blobel, Jeremy Grevet, Junwei Shi, Christopher Vakoc
  • Publication number: 20190365734
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for producing fetal hemoglobin and treating a hemoglobinopathy or thalassemia are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Gerd Blobel, Jeremy Grevet, Junwei Shi, Christopher Vakoc
  • Patent number: 10329333
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for controlling gene expression are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
    Inventors: Gerd Blobel, Wulan Deng
  • Publication number: 20180051059
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for controlling gene expression are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Inventors: Gerd Blobel, Wulan Deng
  • Publication number: 20180008725
    Abstract: Provided are compositions and methods for inducing expression of human beta-globin in erythrocytes for use in prophylaxis and/or therapy of a hemoglobinopathy in an individual. The method generally entails introducing into CD34+ cells a polynucleotide encoding: i) a 5? long terminal repeat (LTR) and a self-inactivating 3? LTR; ii) at least one polyadenylation signal; iii) at least one promoter; iv) a globin gene locus control region (LCR); v) an ankyrin insulator element (Ank); vi) a Woodchuck Post-Regulatory Element (WPRE) configured such that the WPRE does not integrate into a target genome; and vii) a sequence that is a reverse complement of a sequence encoding human beta-globin, and can include beta-globin that has a PT87Q mutation. Intron 2 of the beta globin gene can be a complete intron. Modified erythrocyte progenitor cells, recombinant vectors and virions comprising recombinant polynucleotides, and methods of making the vectors and virions are included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: Stefano RIVELLA, Laura BREDA, Alisa DONG, Gerd BLOBEL, Wulan DENG
  • Patent number: 9815877
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for controlling gene expression are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
    Inventors: Gerd Blobel, Wulan Deng
  • Patent number: 9387231
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for the treatment of HIV are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
    Inventors: Terri H. Finkel, Jiangfang Wang, Gerd Blobel, Stephan Kadauke
  • Publication number: 20150152151
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for controlling gene expression are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Gerd Blobel, Wulan Deng
  • Publication number: 20140199260
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for the treatment of HIV are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Inventors: Terri H. Finkel, Jiangfang Wang, Gerd Blobel, Stephan Kadauke
  • Publication number: 20050028229
    Abstract: A transgenic non-human animal with alterations in the Alpha Hemoglobin Stabilizing Protein (AHSP) gene is prepared by introduction of a gene encoding an altered Alpha Hemoglobin Stabilizing Protein (AHSP) protein into a host non-human animal. Methods for using transgenic mice so generated to screen for agents that effect Alpha Hemoglobin Stabilizing Protein (AHSP)'s hemoglobin binding activity are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2004
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Inventors: Mitchell Weiss, Gerd Blobel, Yi Kong