Patents by Inventor Mikell Paige

Mikell Paige 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: 11666560
    Abstract: Tacrolimus is an immunosuppressant drug. The present disclosure provides an anti-fibrotic agent by transforming Tacrolimus, such that the anti-fibrotic agent is used for treating fibrosis. The anti-fibrotic agent is not immunosuppressant. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a method to transform Tacrolimus into an anti-fibrotic agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: George Mason University
    Inventors: Mikell Paige, Gregory Petruncio, Yun Michael Shim
  • Publication number: 20220235377
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of increasing the potency of nucleic acid loaded lipid nanoparticles (naLNPs) through certain novel and surprisingly superior LNP manufacturing techniques. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing naLNPs manufactured according to the manufacturing methods described herein. The methods disclosed herein overcome major technical difficulties and high costs associated with previous LNP manufacturing techniques. The methods disclosed herein, therefore, greatly improve the industrial production of LNPs in unexpected ways thereby providing more potent naLNPs for nucleic acid delivery. Specifically, the invention disclosed herein are methods that show increased potency naLNPs due to increased mixing concentration of the lipids and mRNA during assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Daro Buschmann, Mikell Paige, Suman Alishetty, Manuel Carrasco, Mohamad Gabriel Alameh, Drew Weissman
  • Publication number: 20220218622
    Abstract: The invention encompasses novel ionizable lipids compounds and their use in lipid nanoparticles delivery systems that are useful in the delivery of nucleic acids to a mammalian subject that can be included for use, for example, as cancer vaccines, gene editing therapeutics, delivery of nucleic acid (e.g., mRNA) encoding antibodies, vaccines for infectious disease, and protein replacement therapeutics. Additionally, the invention encompasses compositions and therapeutics comprising the ionizable lipids in the lipid nanoparticles and the use of the composition and therapeutics for the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition, especially a vaccine, (e.g., for use in the prophylaxis or treatment of infectious diseases, tumor or cancer diseases, rare diseases, allergies, or autoimmune diseases). The invention encompasses methods of treatment or prophylaxis of the aforementioned diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Daro Buschmann, Mikell Paige, Suman Alishetty, Manuel Carrasco, Mohamad Gabriel Alameh, Drew Weissman
  • Publication number: 20220087986
    Abstract: Tacrolimus is an immunosuppressant drug. The present disclosure provides an anti-fibrotic agent by transforming Tacrolimus, such that the anti-fibrotic agent is used for treating fibrosis. The anti-fibrotic agent is not immunosuppressant. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a method to transform Tacrolimus into an anti-fibrotic agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Mikell Paige, Gregory Petruncio, Yun Michael Shim
  • Publication number: 20220064259
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compounds, complexes, compositions, kits and methods for determining interacting and/or binding sites between e.g., proteins, proteins and nucleic acids, proteins and small molecules, or intrachain protein domains. The disclosure provides rapid and direct positive identification of the contact interface region between such molecules, and can be applied to individual interacting pairs, as well as large-scale or global interactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Lance Liotta, Alessandra Luchini Kunkel, Amanda Still, Mikell Paige
  • Patent number: 10927155
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to compositions comprising peptides and/or peptidomimetic compounds, methods of making same, pharmaceutical compositions comprising same, and methods of treating various diseases, including, but not limited to, arthritis, obstructive lung disease, psoriasis, asthma, a defect in hematopoiesis, a neoplasia, a fungal infection, a parasitic infection, or an autoimmune disease, such as, but not limited to, rheumatoid arthritis, atopic allergy, anaphylaxis, psoriasis, asthma, lupus erythematosis, a myeloid cell disorder, or a eosinophil cell disorder. In an aspect, the disclosed peptides and/or compounds inhibit the interaction of IL-1RAcP with the ST2 and IL33 receptor/cytokine complexes. In a further aspect, the disclosed peptides and/or compounds inhibit the interaction of IL-1RAcP with the IL-1R1 and IL-1? receptor/cytokine complexes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: GEORGE MASON RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Lance Liotta, Alessandra Luchini, Virginia Espina, Mikell Paige
  • Patent number: 10752642
    Abstract: The present compositions and methods generally relate to the treatment of diseases, such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and neurodegenerative diseases related to tau aggregation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: George Mason University
    Inventors: Mikell Paige, Yun Michael Shim, Young-Ok You
  • Publication number: 20200246285
    Abstract: Methods of treating or preventing cancer, diabetes, and/or obesity in a subject are provided. The methods comprise administering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of an SLC25A1 inhibitor as described herein. Also provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions comprising an SLC25A1 inhibitor and a chemotherapeutic agent. Further provided herein are methods of inhibiting SLC25A1 in a cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Maria Laura Avantaggiati, Mikell Paige
  • Publication number: 20190352351
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to compositions comprising peptides and/or peptidomimetic compounds, methods of making same, pharmaceutical compositions comprising same, and methods of treating various diseases, including, but not limited to, arthritis, obstructive lung disease, psoriasis, asthma, a defect in hematopoiesis, a neoplasia, a fungal infection, a parasitic infection, or an autoimmune disease, such as, but not limited to, rheumatoid arthritis, atopic allergy, anaphylaxis, psoriasis, asthma, lupus erythematosis, a myeloid cell disorder, or a eosinophil cell disorder. In an aspect, the disclosed peptides and/or compounds inhibit the interaction of IL-1RAcP with the ST2 and IL33 receptor/cytokine complexes. In a further aspect, the disclosed peptides and/or compounds inhibit the interaction of IL-1RAcP with the IL-1R1 and IL-1? receptor/cytokine complexes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Lance LIOTTA, Alessandra LUCHINI, Virginia ESPINA, Mikell PAIGE
  • Patent number: 10457639
    Abstract: The invention provides methods for the treatment of cancer in a subject comprising administering a dansyl-carbazole compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Milton L. Brown, Kathryn D. Sheikh, Mikell A. Paige, Partha Banerjee, Shankar Jagadeesh
  • Patent number: 10407406
    Abstract: Disclosed are heterocyclic compounds that are ligands for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. The compounds are useful for treating a mammal suffering from any one of a range of therapeutic indications, including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, dyskinesias, Tourette's syndrome, schizophrenia, attention deficit disorder, anxiety, pain, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, chemical substance abuse, alcoholism, memory deficit, pseudodementia, Ganser's syndrome, migraine pain, bulimia, obesity, premenstrual syndrome or late luteal phase syndrome, tobacco abuse, post-traumatic syndrome, social phobia, chronic fatigue syndrome, premature ejaculation, erectile difficulty, anorexia nervosa, disorders of sleep, autism, mutism, trichotillomania, and hypothermia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Georgetown University
    Inventors: Yingxian Xiao, Kenneth J. Kellar, Milton L. Brown, Mikell A. Paige, Yong Liu
  • Publication number: 20180305335
    Abstract: Disclosed are heterocyclic compounds that are ligands for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. The compounds are useful for treating a mammal suffering from any one of a range of therapeutic indications, including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, dyskinesias, Tourette's syndrome, schizophrenia, attention deficit disorder, anxiety, pain, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, chemical substance abuse, alcoholism, memory deficit, pseudodementia, Ganser's syndrome, migraine pain, bulimia, obesity, premenstrual syndrome or late luteal phase syndrome, tobacco abuse, post-traumatic syndrome, social phobia, chronic fatigue syndrome, premature ejaculation, erectile difficulty, anorexia nervosa, disorders of sleep, autism, mutism, trichotillomania, and hypothermia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Yingxian Xiao, Kenneth J. Kellar, Milton L. Brown, Mikell A. Paige, Yong Liu
  • Patent number: 9993465
    Abstract: Disclosed are heterocyclic compounds that are ligands for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. The compounds are useful for treating a mammal suffering from any one of a range of therapeutic indications, including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, dyskinesias, Tourette's syndrome, schizophrenia, attention deficit disorder, anxiety, pain, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, chemical substance abuse, alcoholism, memory deficit, pseudodementia, Ganser's syndrome, migraine pain, bulimia, obesity, premenstrual syndrome or late luteal phase syndrome, tobacco abuse, post-traumatic syndrome, social phobia, chronic fatigue syndrome, premature ejaculation, erectile difficulty, anorexia nervosa, disorders of sleep, autism, mutism, trichotillomania, and hypothermia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignees: Georgetown University, Duke University
    Inventors: Yingxian Xiao, Kenneth J. Kellar, Milton L. Brown, Mikell A. Paige, Yong Liu, Edward D. Levin, Amir H. Rezvani
  • Patent number: 9994548
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds and methods of using them to treat a disorder selected from the group consisting of addiction, pain, obesity, schizophrenia, epilepsy, mania and manic depression, anxiety, Alzheimer's disease, learning deficit, cognition deficit, attention deficit, memory loss, Lewy Body Dementia, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, Tourette's syndrome, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, inflammation, stroke, spinal cord injury, dyskinesias, obsessive compulsive disorder, chemical substance abuse, alcoholism, memory deficit, pseudodementia, Ganser's syndrome, migraine pain, bulimia, premenstrual syndrome or late luteal phase syndrome, tobacco abuse, post-traumatic syndrome, social phobia, chronic fatigue syndrome, premature ejaculation, erectile difficulty, anorexia nervosa, autism, mutism, trichotillomania, hypothermia, and disorders of sleep.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignees: Georgetown University, Duke University
    Inventors: Milton L. Brown, Mikell A. Paige, Yingxian Xiao, Kenneth J. Kellar, Venkata M. Yenugonda, Edward D. Levin, Amir H. Rezvani
  • Publication number: 20180148437
    Abstract: The invention encompasses compound and pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound of the following Formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or prodrugs thereof, that are useful for inhibiting ezrin protein in a cell or for inhibiting the growh of a cancer cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Milton L. Brown, Mikell Paige, Jeffrey A. Torestsky, Aykut Uren, George Kosturko, Gullay Bulut
  • Patent number: 9890137
    Abstract: Disclosed are heterocyclic compounds that are ligands for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. The compounds are useful for treating a mammal suffering from any one of a range of therapeutic indications, including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, dyskinesias, Tourette's syndrome, schizophrenia, attention deficit disorder, anxiety, pain, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, chemical substance abuse, alcoholism, memory deficit, pseudodementia, Ganser's syndrome, migraine pain, bulimia, obesity, premenstrual syndrome or late luteal phase syndrome, tobacco abuse, post-traumatic syndrome, social phobia, chronic fatigue syndrome, premature ejaculation, erectile difficulty, anorexia nervosa, disorders of sleep, autism, mutism, trichotillomania, and hypothermia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Georgetown University
    Inventors: Yingxian Xiao, Kenneth J. Kellar, Milton L. Brown, Mikell A. Paige, Yong Liu
  • Publication number: 20170107197
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds and methods of using them to treat a disorder selected from the group consisting of addiction, pain, obesity, schizophrenia, epilepsy, mania and manic depression, anxiety, Alzheimer's disease, learning deficit, cognition deficit, attention deficit, memory loss, Lewy Body Dementia, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, Tourette's syndrome, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, inflammation, stroke, spinal cord injury, dyskinesias, obsessive compulsive disorder, chemical substance abuse, alcoholism, memory deficit, pseudodementia, Ganser's syndrome, migraine pain, bulimia, premenstrual syndrome or late luteal phase syndrome, tobacco abuse, post-traumatic syndrome, social phobia, chronic fatigue syndrome, premature ejaculation, erectile difficulty, anorexia nervosa, autism, mutism, trichotillomania, hypothermia, and disorders of sleep.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Milton L. Brown, Mikell A. Paige, Yingxian Xiao, Kenneth J. Kellar, Venkata M. Yenugonda, Edward D. Levin, Amir H. Rezvani
  • Patent number: 9617197
    Abstract: The present application discloses compositions and methods useful for treating and preventing inflammation associated with inflammatory diseases and disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: University of Virginia Patent Foundation
    Inventors: Yun Michael Shim, Mikell Paige
  • Publication number: 20170035743
    Abstract: Disclosed are heterocyclic compounds that are ligands for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. The compounds are useful for treating a mammal suffering from any one of a range of therapeutic indications, including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, dyskinesias, Tourette's syndrome, schizophrenia, attention deficit disorder, anxiety, pain, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, chemical substance abuse, alcoholism, memory deficit, pseudodementia, Ganser's syndrome, migraine pain, bulimia, obesity, premenstrual syndrome or late luteal phase syndrome, tobacco abuse, post-traumatic syndrome, social phobia, chronic fatigue syndrome, premature ejaculation, erectile difficulty, anorexia nervosa, disorders of sleep, autism, mutism, trichotillomania, and hypothermia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Yingxian Xiao, Kenneth J. Kellar, Milton L. Brown, Mikell A. Paige, Yong Liu, Edward D. Levin, Amir H. Rezvani
  • Patent number: 9522908
    Abstract: The invention encompasses compound and pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound of the following Formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or prodrugs thereof, that are useful for inhibiting ezrin protein in a cell or for inhibiting the growth of a cancer cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Gerogetown University
    Inventors: Milton L. Brown, Mikell Paige, Jeffrey A. Torestsky, Aykut Uren, George Kosturko, Gullay Bulut