Patents by Inventor Mina Hikichi

Mina Hikichi 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).

  • MICRORNA-CONTROLLED RECOMBINANT VACCINIA VIRUS AND USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20130071430
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a vaccinia virus that specifically proliferates in a cancer cell and destroys the cancer cell and to provide use of the virus in cancer treatment. The present invention provides a microRNA-controlled vaccinia virus, in which a target sequence of a microRNA less expressed in a cancer cell than in a normal cell is inserted in a 3? untranslated region of B5R gene associated with viral proliferation in a vaccinia virus, wherein the microRNA-controlled vaccinia virus specifically proliferates in the cancer cell and has an oncolytic property that destroys the cancer cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Takafumi Nakamura, Mina Hikichi, Hideaki Tahara, Hisatoshi Shida, Minoru Kidokoro