Patents by Inventor Irene Ghobrial

Irene Ghobrial 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: 20220064738
    Abstract: Provided herein are non-invasive methods and biomarkers that identify progression and clonal evolution of plasma cell dyscrasias. Also provided are materials and methods for the diagnosis, prognosis, staging, and monitoring of plasma cell dyscrasias based on the presence of the biomarkers in a blood biopsy, as well as methods for monitoring the progression of a plasma cell dyscrasia, determining the efficacy of a therapeutic agent, determining a targeted therapy related to a plasma cell dyscrasia, and/or treating a plasma cell dyscrasia. The methods provided herein provide several advantages over invasive biopsies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Irene Ghobrial, Salomon Manier, Yuji Mishima
  • Publication number: 20210317143
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds of Formula (I) or (II). The compounds include an agent (e.g., pharmaceutical agent, cosmetic agent, or nutraceutical agent) through a linker that includes a boronic ester moiety in the backbone of the linker. The compounds may be monomers. Also provided are polymers prepared by polymerizing the monomers. The polymers may be useful for delivering the agent to a subject, tissue, biological sample, or a cell. Also provided are methods of preparing the polymers, compositions and kits comprising the polymers, and methods of use (e.g., use in delivering the agent, treating a disease, preventing a disease, diagnosing a disease) involving the polymers or compositions. The structure of the boronic ester moiety may be fine tuned so that the properties related to delivery to a subject, biological sample, tissue, or cell may be fine tuned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Jeremiah A. Johnson, Paiman Ghoroghchian, Yivan Jiang, Hung Vanthanh Nguyen, Irene Ghobrial, Alexandre Detappe
  • Patent number: 11124838
    Abstract: Provided herein are non-invasive methods and biomarkers that identify progression and clonal evolution of plasma cell dyscrasias. Also provided are materials and methods for the diagnosis, prognosis, staging, and monitoring of plasma cell dyscrasias based on the presence of the bio markers in a blood biopsy, as well as methods for monitoring the progression of a plasma cell dyscrasia, determining the efficacy of a therapeutic agent, determining a targeted therapy related to a plasma cell dyscrasia, and/or treating a plasma cell dyscrasia. The methods provided herein provide several advantages over invasive biopsies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Irene Ghobrial, Salomon Manier, Yuji Mishima
  • Publication number: 20210220391
    Abstract: Disclosed multifunctional compounds, conjugates, macromolecules, and polymers that target dysregulated proteins for degradation. Also disclosed are methods of preparation, compositions, kits, and methods of use relating to the degraders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Jeremiah A. Johnson, Hung Vanthanh Nguyen, Yivan Jiang, Alexandre Detappe, Michael Agius, Irene Ghobrial
  • Publication number: 20210087638
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for the personalized detection of Minimal Residual Disease (MRD) from the peripheral blood, urine, or bone marrows through patient-specific translocation breakpoints and VDJ rearrangements, as well as copy number alterations (CNAs) and single nucleotide variants (SNV) specific to Multiple myeloma (MM).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventor: Irene Ghobrial
  • Publication number: 20200384130
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising B-cell maturation antigen-directed nanoparticles and methods for using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Alexandre DETAPPE, Irene GHOBRIAL, Mairead REIDY, Peter GHOROGHCHIAN
  • Publication number: 20200369685
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds of Formula (I) or (II). The compounds include an agent (e.g., pharmaceutical agent, cosmetic agent, or nutraceutical agent) through a linker that includes a boronic ester moiety in the backbone of the linker. The compounds may be monomers. Also provided are polymers prepared by polymerizing the monomers. The polymers may be useful for delivering the agent to a subject, tissue, biological sample, or a cell. Also provided are methods of preparing the polymers, compositions and kits comprising the polymers, and methods of use (e.g., use in delivering the agent, treating a disease, preventing a disease, diagnosing a disease) involving the polymers or compositions. The structure of the boronic ester moiety may be fine tuned so that the properties related to delivery to a subject, biological sample, tissue, or cell may be fine tuned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Jeremiah A. Johnson, Paiman Ghoroghchian, Yivan Jiang, Hung Vanthanh Nguyen, Irene Ghobrial, Alexandre Detappe
  • Publication number: 20180305766
    Abstract: Provided herein are non-invasive methods and biomarkers that identify progression and clonal evolution of plasma cell dyscrasias. Also provided are materials and methods for the diagnosis, prognosis, staging, and monitoring of plasma cell dyscrasias based on the presence of the bio markers in a blood biopsy, as well as methods for monitoring the progression of a plasma cell dyscrasia, determining the efficacy of a therapeutic agent, determining a targeted therapy related to a plasma cell dyscrasia, and/or treating a plasma cell dyscrasia. The methods provided herein provide several advantages over invasive biopsies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Irene Ghobrial, Salomon Manier, Yuji Mishima
  • Patent number: 9944991
    Abstract: This invention is based, at least in part, on the finding that certain microRNAs (miRNAs) are expressed at higher or lower levels in circulating exosonies or peripheral blood of subjects with hematological malignancies compared to the level of expression in subjects who do not have the hematological malignancy. In addition, this invention is based, at least in part, on the finding that certain miRNAs are differentially expressed at different stages of a hematological malignancy permitting identification of the stage of the hematological malignancy in a subject. The differential expression of miRNAs at different stages of a hematological malignancy also permits determination of the effectiveness of treatments administered to a subject at the particular stage of the hematological malignancy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Irene Ghobrial, Aldo M. Roccaro, Salomon Manier
  • Publication number: 20150322529
    Abstract: This invention is based, at least in part, on the finding that certain microRNAs (miRNAs) are expressed at higher or lower levels in circulating exosonies or peripheral blood of subjects with hematological malignancies compared to the level of expression in subjects who do not have the hematological malignancy. In addition, this invention is based, at least in part, on the finding that certain miRNAs are differentially expressed at different stages of a hematological malignancy permitting identification of the stage of the hematological malignancy in a subject. The differential expression of miRNAs at different stages of a hematological malignancy also permits determination of the effectiveness of treatments administered to a subject at the particular stage of the hematological malignancy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Irene GHOBRIAL, Aldo M. ROCCARO, Salomon MANIER
  • Patent number: 8394816
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods of treating Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia comprising administering to the animal, a therapeutically effective amount of a heterocyclic compound of Formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Inventors: Irene Ghobrial, Aldo Roccaro, Dharminder Chauhan, Kenneth Anderson, Michael Palladino
  • Publication number: 20090156469
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods of treating Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia comprising administering to the animal, a therapeutically effective amount of a heterocyclic compound of Formula I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicants: NEREUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
    Inventors: Irene Ghobrial, Aldo Roccaro, Dharminder Chauhan, Kenneth Anderson, Michael A. Palladino