Patents by Inventor Pengpeng BI

Pengpeng BI 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).

  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS RELATING TO MYOMIXER-PROMOTED MUSCLE CELL FUSION
    Publication number: 20190382732
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes the fusogenic promoting activity of the Myomixer protein. This polypeptide, when expressed in non-muscle cells with the Myomaker protein, is able to increase fusion of the cell with a muscle cell, but not with other non-muscle cells, as compared to cells only expression the Myomaker protein. The use of this protein and cells expressing it in the delivery of exogenous genetic material to muscle cells also is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System
    Inventors: Eric N. OLSON, Pengpeng BI