Patents by Inventor Hana Totary-Jain

Hana Totary-Jain 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: 20240082290
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for inducing, promoting, or enhancing an immune response in a subject. For example, the disclosed compositions and methods can be used prophylactically to prevent viral/microbial infections or therapeutically to treat acute infections. In some embodiments, the disclosed method involves administering to the subject a composition comprising in vitro transcribed (IVT) RNA comprising short interspersed nuclear elements (SINEs), such as Alu repeats. In some embodiments, the disclosed compositions and methods can be used to induce, promote, or enhance any immune response in a subject, including an anti-viral, anti-microbial, anti-fungal, or anti-parasite response. In some embodiments, the disclosed compositions can be administered to any mucosal barrier, such as lungs or intestines, e.g. to enhance an innate immune response against a virus or pathogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventor: Hana Totary-Jain
  • Patent number: 11857598
    Abstract: Described herein are cell-selective mRNA constructs that can contain a RNA of interest and one or more miRNA targets. The cell-selective mRNA constructs described herein can be used to express an RNA of interest to a cell in a cell-selective manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
    Inventor: Hana Totary-Jain
  • Patent number: 11844809
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for inducing, promoting, or enhancing an immune response in a subject. For example, the disclosed compositions and methods can be used prophylactically to prevent viral/microbial infections or therapeutically to treat acute infections. In some embodiments, the disclosed method involves administering to the subject a composition comprising in vitro transcribed (IVT) RNA comprising short interspersed nuclear elements (SINEs), such as Alu repeats. In some embodiments, the disclosed compositions and methods can be used to induce, promote, or enhance any immune response in a subject, including an anti-viral, anti-microbial, anti-fungal, or anti-parasite response. In some embodiments, the disclosed compositions can be administered to any mucosal barrier, such as lungs or intestines, e.g. to enhance an innate immune response against a virus or pathogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
    Inventor: Hana Totary-Jain
  • Publication number: 20220296630
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for inducing, promoting, or enhancing an immune response in a subject. For example, the disclosed compositions and methods can be used prophylactically to prevent viral/microbial infections or therapeutically to treat acute infections. In some embodiments, the disclosed method involves administering to the subject a composition comprising in vitro transcribed (IVT) RNA comprising short interspersed nuclear elements (SINEs), such as Alu repeats. In some embodiments, the disclosed compositions and methods can be used to induce, promote, or enhance any immune response in a subject, including an anti-viral, anti-microbial, anti-fungal, or anti-parasite response. In some embodiments, the disclosed compositions can be administered to any mucosal barrier, such as lungs or intestines, e.g. to enhance an innate immune response against a virus or pathogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventor: Hana Totary-Jain
  • Patent number: 11357789
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for inducing, promoting, or enhancing an immune response in a subject. For example, the disclosed compositions and methods can be used prophylactically to prevent viral/microbial infections or therapeutically to treat acute infections. In some embodiments, the disclosed method involves administering to the subject a composition comprising in vitro transcribed (IVT) RNA comprising short interspersed nuclear elements (SINEs), such as Alu repeats. In some embodiments, the disclosed compositions and methods can be used to induce, promote, or enhance any immune response in a subject, including an anti-viral, anti-microbial, anti-fungal, or anti-parasite response. In some embodiments, the disclosed compositions can be administered to any mucosal barrier, such as lungs or intestines, e.g. to enhance an innate immune response against a virus or pathogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
    Inventor: Hana Totary-Jain
  • Publication number: 20220049319
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for detecting and treating propranolol sensitive tumors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventor: Hana Totary-Jain
  • Publication number: 20220042113
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of measuring C19MC miRNA amount and/or expression in a post-natal cell and/or tissue. Provided herein are methods of measuring CpG methylation of the upstream C19MC miRNA promoter region in a post-natal cell and/or tissue. Also provided herein are methods of treating a cell, population thereof, and/or a subject in need thereof by administering a C19MC miRNA inhibitor or CRISPR to suppress the expression of specific miRNA within the C19MC or the entire C19MC cluster, population thereof, and/or the subject in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: University of South Florida
    Inventors: Hana Totary-Jain, Ezinne Francess Mong
  • Publication number: 20210369810
    Abstract: Described herein are cell-selective mRNA constructs that can contain a RNA of interest and one or more miRNA targets. The cell-selective mRNA constructs described herein can be used to express an RNA of interest to a cell in a cell-selective manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: University of South Florida
    Inventor: Hana Totary-Jain
  • Patent number: 11155880
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of measuring C19MC miRNA amount and/or expression in a post-natal cell and/or tissue. Provided herein are methods of measuring CpG methylation of the upstream C19MC miRNA promoter region in a post-natal cell and/or tissue. Also provided herein are methods of treating a cell, population thereof, and/or a subject in need thereof by administering a C19MC miRNA inhibitor or CRISPR to suppress the expression of specific miRNA within the C19MC or the entire C19MC cluster, population thereof, and/or the subject in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
    Inventors: Hana Totary-Jain, Ezinne Francess Mong
  • Patent number: 10925976
    Abstract: The present invention provides for the incorporation of target sequences of microRNAs into the 3?UTR region of a gene of interest in nucleic acid vectors. The invention also provides for an expression system comprising such vectors, a pharmaceutical composition comprising such vectors, as well as methods of treating or preventing cardiovascular disease by using such vectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Hana Totary-Jain, Andrew Robert Marks, Steven O. Marx
  • Patent number: 10709759
    Abstract: Described herein are cell-selective mRNA constructs that can contain a RNA of interest and one or more miRNA targets. The cell-selective mRNA constructs described herein can be used to express an RNA of interest to a cell in a cell-selective manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: University of South Florida
    Inventor: Hana Totary-Jain
  • Patent number: 10435757
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of measuring C19MC miRNA amount and/or expression in a post-natal cell and/or tissue. Provided herein are methods of measuring CpG methylation of the upstream C19MC miRNA promoter region in a post-natal cell and/or tissue. Also provided herein are methods of treating a cell, population thereof, and/or a subject in need thereof by administering a C19MC miRNA inhibitor or CRISPR to suppress the expression of specific miRNA within the C19MC or the entire C19MC cluster, population thereof, and/or the subject in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: University of South Florida
    Inventors: Hana Totary-Jain, Ezinne Francess Mong
  • Publication number: 20190133974
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for detecting and treating propranolol sensitive tumors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventor: Hana Totary-Jain
  • Patent number: 10188750
    Abstract: Described herein are cell-selective mRNA constructs that can contain a RNA of interest and one or more miRNA targets. The cell-selective mRNA constructs described herein can be used to express an RNA of interest to a cell in a cell-selective manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: University of South Florida
    Inventor: Hana Totary-Jain
  • Publication number: 20180110879
    Abstract: The present invention provides for the incorporation of target sequences of microRNAs into the 3?UTR region of a gene of interest in nucleic acid vectors. The invention also provides for an expression system comprising such vectors, a pharmaceutical composition comprising such vectors, as well as methods of treating or preventing cardiovascular disease by using such vectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Hana Totary-Jain, Andrew Robert Marks, Steven O. Marx
  • Publication number: 20150190532
    Abstract: The present invention provides for the incorporation of target sequences of microRNAs into the 3? UTR region of a gene of interest in nucleic acid vectors. The invention also provides for an expression system comprising such vectors, a pharmaceutical composition comprising such vectors, as well as methods of treating or preventing cardiovascular disease by using such vectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2013
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventors: Hana Totary-Jain, Andrew Robert Marks, Steven O. Marx