Patents by Inventor Luhan Yang

Luhan Yang 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: 10925263
    Abstract: A method of modulating some or all copies of a gene in a cell is provided including introducing into a cell one or more ribonucleic acid (RNA) sequences that comprise a portion that is complementary to all or a portion of each of the one or more target nucleic acid sequences, and a nucleic acid sequence that encodes a Cas protein and maintaining the cells under conditions in which the Cas protein is expressed and the Cas protein binds and modulates the one or more target nucleic acid sequences in the cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: George M. Church, Luhan Yang, Marc Guell
  • Publication number: 20200404891
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods of generating multiplexed genetically modified animals, for example, porcine endogenous retrovirus (PERV)-inactivated pigs. The disclosure also provides methods of improving the birth rate of multiplexed genetically modified animals. In some embodiments, the present closure is concerned with the generation and utilization of porcine cells in which porcine endogenous retroviral (PERV) elements have been inactivated. In sonic embodiments, the PERV-free or PERV-reduced porcine cells are cloned to produce porcine embryos. In some embodiments, the PERV-free or PERV-reduced embryos may be grown into adult swine from which organs and/or tissues may be extracted and used for such purposes as xenotransplantation into non-porcine animals such as humans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventor: Luhan Yang
  • Publication number: 20200308599
    Abstract: A method of altering a eukaryotic cell is provided including transfecting the eukaryotic cell with a nucleic acid encoding RNA complementary to genomic DNA of the eukaryotic cell, transfecting the eukaryotic cell with a nucleic acid encoding an enzyme that interacts with the RNA and cleaves the genomic DNA in a site specific manner, wherein the cell expresses the RNA and the enzyme, the RNA binds to complementary genomic DNA and the enzyme cleaves the genomic DNA in a site specific manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: George M. Church, Prashant G. Mali, Luhan Yang
  • Patent number: 10717990
    Abstract: A method of altering a eukaryotic cell is provided including transfecting the eukaryotic cell with a nucleic acid encoding RNA complementary to genomic DNA of the eukaryotic cell, transfecting the eukaryotic cell with a nucleic acid encoding an enzyme that interacts with the RNA and cleaves the genomic DNA in a site specific manner, wherein the cell expresses the RNA and the enzyme, the RNA binds to complementary genomic DNA and the enzyme cleaves the genomic DNA in a site specific manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Prashant G. Mali, George M. Church, Luhan Yang
  • Publication number: 20200170229
    Abstract: A method of modulating some or all copies of a gene in a cell is provided including introducing into a cell one or more ribonucleic acid (RNA) sequences that comprise a portion that is complementary to all or a portion of each of the one or more target nucleic acid sequences, and a nucleic acid sequence that encodes a Cas protein and maintaining the cells under conditions in which the Cas protein is expressed and the Cas protein binds and modulates the one or more target nucleic acid sequences in the cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: George M. Church, Luhan Yang, Marc Guell
  • Patent number: 10563225
    Abstract: Methods are provided for the use of Cas9 in genome engineering of stem cells. Methods include introducing into the stem cell a first foreign nucleic acid encoding a guide RNA complementary to a target DNA and which guides a Cas9 enzyme to the target DNA, wherein the RNA and the enzyme are members of a co-localization complex for the target DNA, introducing into the stem cell a second foreign nucleic acid encoding a donor nucleic acid sequence, wherein the guide RNA and the donor nucleic acid sequences are expressed, wherein the guide RNA and the Cas 9 enzyme co-localize to the target DNA, the Cas 9 enzyme cleaves the target DNA and the donor nucleic acid is inserted into the target DNA to produce altered DNA in the stem cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: George M. Church, Luhan Yang, Marc Guell, Joyce Lichi Yang
  • Publication number: 20200048656
    Abstract: A method of altering a eukaryotic cell is provided including transfecting the eukaryotic cell with a nucleic acid encoding RNA complementary to genomic DNA of the eukaryotic cell, transfecting the eukaryotic cell with a nucleic acid encoding an enzyme that interacts with the RNA and cleaves the genomic DNA in a site specific manner, wherein the cell expresses the RNA and the enzyme, the RNA binds to complementary genomic DNA and the enzyme cleaves the genomic DNA in a site specific manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: George M. Church, Prashant G. Mali, Luhan Yang
  • Publication number: 20190350177
    Abstract: A method of modulating some or all copies of a gene in a cell is provided including introducing into a cell one or more ribonucleic acid (RNA) sequences that comprise a portion that is complementary to all or a portion of each of the one or more target nucleic acid sequences, and a nucleic acid sequence that encodes a Cas protein and maintaining the cells under conditions in which the Cas protein is expressed and the Cas protein binds and modulates the one or more target nucleic acid sequences in the cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: George M. Church, Luhan Yang, Marc Guell
  • Publication number: 20190352670
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods of improving nuclease-mediated gene targeting frequencies in cells using PFT? or bFGF.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: George M. Church, Luhan Yang
  • Patent number: 10435708
    Abstract: A method of altering a eukaryotic cell is provided including transfecting the eukaryotic cell with a nucleic acid encoding RNA complementary to genomic DNA of the eukaryotic cell, transfecting the eukaryotic cell with a nucleic acid encoding an enzyme that interacts with the RNA and cleaves the genomic DNA in a site specific manner, wherein the cell expresses the RNA and the enzyme, the RNA binds to complementary genomic DNA and the enzyme cleaves the genomic DNA in a site specific manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Prashant G. Mali, George M. Church, Luhan Yang
  • Publication number: 20190249194
    Abstract: A method of altering a eukaryotic cell is provided including transfecting the eukaryotic cell with a nucleic acid encoding RNA complementary to genomic DNA of the eukaryotic cell, transfecting the eukaryotic cell with a nucleic acid encoding an enzyme that interacts with the RNA and cleaves the genomic DNA in a site specific manner, wherein the cell expresses the RNA and the enzyme, the RNA binds to complementary genomic DNA and the enzyme cleaves the genomic DNA in a site specific manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: George M. Church, Prashant G. Mali, Luhan Yang
  • Publication number: 20190249193
    Abstract: A method of altering a eukaryotic cell is provided including transfecting the eukaryotic cell with a nucleic acid encoding RNA complementary to genomic DNA of the eukaryotic cell, transfecting the eukaryotic cell with a nucleic acid encoding an enzyme that interacts with the RNA and cleaves the genomic DNA in a site specific manner, wherein the cell expresses the RNA and the enzyme, the RNA binds to complementary genomic DNA and the enzyme cleaves the genomic DNA in a site specific manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: George M. Church, Prashant G. Mali, Luhan Yang
  • Patent number: 10375938
    Abstract: A method of modulating some or all copies of a gene in a cell is provided including introducing into a cell one or more ribonucleic acid (RNA) sequences that comprise a portion that is complementary to all or a portion of each of the one or more target nucleic acid sequences, and a nucleic acid sequence that encodes a Cas protein and maintaining the cells under conditions in which the Cas protein is expressed and the Cas protein binds and modulates the one or more target nucleic acid sequences in the cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: George M. Church, Luhan Yang, Marc Guell
  • Patent number: 10273501
    Abstract: A method of altering a eukaryotic cell is provided including transfecting the eukaryotic cell with a nucleic acid encoding RNA complementary to genomic DNA of the eukaryotic cell, transfecting the eukaryotic cell with a nucleic acid encoding an enzyme that interacts with the RNA and cleaves the genomic DNA in a site specific manner, wherein the cell expresses the RNA and the enzyme, the RNA binds to complementary genomic DNA and the enzyme cleaves the genomic DNA in a site specific manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: George M. Church, Prashant G. Mali, Luhan Yang
  • Publication number: 20190062739
    Abstract: Methods and compositions of altering mitochondrial DNA of a eukaryotic cell are provided using one or more of a mitochondrial specific adeno-associated virus to deliver one or more nucleic acids encoding CRISPR system including a Cas9 protein or its nuclease inactive variant and a guide RNA into a mitochondria for expression within the mitochondria. The Cas9 system can cut, nick or regulate a target mitochondrial nucleic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: George M. Church, Luhan Yang, Margo R. Monroe
  • Publication number: 20180288983
    Abstract: A method of modulating some or all copies of a gene in a cell is provided including introducing into a cell one or more ribonucleic acid (RNA) sequences that comprise a portion that is complementary to all or a portion of each of the one or more target nucleic acid sequences, and a nucleic acid sequence that encodes a Cas protein and maintaining the cells under conditions in which the Cas protein is expressed and the Cas protein binds and modulates the one or more target nucleic acid sequences in the cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: George M. Church, Luhan Yang, Marc Guell
  • Publication number: 20180171361
    Abstract: A method of modulating some or all copies of a gene in a cell is provided including introducing into a cell one or more ribonucleic acid (RNA) sequences that comprise a portion that is complementary to all or a portion of each of the one or more target nucleic acid sequences, and a nucleic acid sequence that encodes a Cas protein and maintaining the cells under conditions in which the Cas protein is expressed and the Cas protein binds and modulates the one or more target nucleic acid sequences in the cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: George M. Church, Luhan Yang, Marc Guell
  • Patent number: 9970024
    Abstract: A method of altering a eukaryotic cell is provided including transfecting the eukaryotic cell with a nucleic acid encoding RNA complementary to genomic DNA of the eukaryotic cell, transfecting the eukaryotic cell with a nucleic acid encoding an enzyme that interacts with the RNA and cleaves the genomic DNA in a site specific manner, wherein the cell expresses the RNA and the enzyme, the RNA binds to complementary genomic DNA and the enzyme cleaves the genomic DNA in a site specific manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: George M. Church, Prashant Mali, Luhan Yang
  • Patent number: 9914939
    Abstract: Methods of genome engineering in cells using a TALEN lacking repeat sequences or Cas9 is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: George M. Church, Luhan Yang, Marc Guell, Joyce Lichi Yang
  • Publication number: 20170044569
    Abstract: A method of altering a eukaryotic cell is provided including transfecting the eukaryotic cell with a nucleic acid encoding RNA complementary to genomic DNA of the eukaryotic cell, transfecting the eukaryotic cell with a nucleic acid encoding an enzyme that interacts with the RNA and cleaves the genomic DNA in a site specific manner, wherein the cell expresses the RNA and the enzyme, the RNA binds to complementary genomic DNA and the enzyme cleaves the genomic DNA in a site specific manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: George M. Church, Prashant Mali, Luhan Yang