Patents by Inventor Mengfei LONG

Mengfei LONG 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: 12534753
    Abstract: The invention relates to the technical field of bioengineering and provides a method for improving the specificity and affinity of an aptamer. The method includes: S1, screening a target of an aptamer from a compound information database by virtual computing; S2, verifying the screening result in Step S1 through experiments; S3, performing virtual saturation mutation on a site of the aptamer, and screening out a mutation site of the aptamer; S4, performing base substitution to the mutation site of the aptamer; and S5, detecting the binding parameter of the aptamer after base substitution with the target screened in Step S1, and selecting an aptamer with improved specificity and affinity after base substitution. An efficient molecular design-guided method is developed by computer rational calculation, to improve the specificity and binding affinity of the aptamer by directional modification. The present invention is of great significance for the practical application of aptamers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2026
    Assignee: JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Xiaole Xia, Yue Zhang, Ling Gao, Mengfei Long, Qingtong Zhou, Jingwen Zhou
  • Publication number: 20230122792
    Abstract: The invention relates to the technical field of bioengineering and provides a method for improving the specificity and affinity of an aptamer. The method includes: S1, screening a target of an aptamer from a compound information database by virtual computing; S2, verifying the screening result in Step S1 through experiments; S3, performing virtual saturation mutation on a site of the aptamer, and screening out a mutation site of the aptamer; S4, performing base substitution to the mutation site of the aptamer; and S5, detecting the binding parameter of the aptamer after base substitution with the target screened in Step S1, and selecting an aptamer with improved specificity and affinity after base substitution. An efficient molecular design-guided method is developed by computer rational calculation, to improve the specificity and binding affinity of the aptamer by directional modification. The present invention is of great significance for the practical application of aptamers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Xiaole XIA, Yue ZHANG, Ling GAO, Mengfei LONG, Qingtong ZHOU, Jingwen ZHOU