Patents by Inventor Michelle E. Marcus

Michelle E. Marcus 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).

  • TARGETED AND MODULAR EXOSOME LOADING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150093433
    Abstract: Disclosed are exosomes that include a packaging protein and a cargo RNA in which the packaging protein binds specifically to the cargo RNA. The packaging protein is a fusion protein that includes an RNA-binding domain and an exosome-targeting domain. The cargo RNA includes an RNA-motif that the RNA-binding domain of the fusion protein binds specifically such that the cargo RNA is packaged in the lumen of the exosomes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Joshua N. Leonard, Michelle E. Marcus