Patents by Inventor Peter Turnbaugh

Peter Turnbaugh 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).

  • PHAGE-MEDIATED DELIVERY OF GENES TO GUT MICROBIOME
    Publication number: 20230181659
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides materials and methods for selectively engineering at least one bacterial strain among a mixed population of bacterial strains in the gut of a subject. In some embodiments, a bacteriophage comprising at least one nucleic acid is administered which selectively infects a bacterial strain under conditions that allow expression of the nucleic acid. The present disclosure thus provides compositions and methods for precisely modifying or reducing a population of bacteria in a mixed population in the gut microbiome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Kathy Lam, Peter Spanogiannopoulos, Peter Turnbaugh
  • METHODS OF TREATING RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND FOR PREDICTING THE RESPONSE TO METHOTREXATE
    Publication number: 20220160712
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides materials and methods for reducing inflammation in the gut and/or joints of a patient, and optionally treating rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and other inflammatory or autoimmune diseases, in a patient. The present disclosure provides such methods based, in part, on the susceptibility of the patient's gut microbiome to methotrexate (MTX) as described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Peter Turnbaugh, Renuka R. Nayak
  • METHODS OF PROMOTING WEIGHT LOSS AND ASSOCIATED ARRAYS
    Publication number: 20140128289
    Abstract: The invention encompasses methods of modulating body fat or weight loss. In addition, the invention encompasses arrays that comprise biomolecules associated with an obese host microbiome or a lean host microbiome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2014
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: The Washington University
    Inventors: Jeffrey I. Gordon, Peter Turnbaugh
  • METHODS FOR PROMOTING WEIGHT LOSS AND ASSOCIATED ARRAYS
    Publication number: 20110177976
    Abstract: Methods of modulating body fat or weight loss are presented Nucleic acid and protein microarrays that comprise biomolecules associated with an obese host microbiome or a lean host microbiome are utilized for analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: THE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jeffrey I. Gordon, Peter Turnbaugh