Patents Issued in March 22, 2018
  • Publication number: 20180078547
    Abstract: A pyrazolopyridine compound according to Formula I, able to inhibit JAK is disclosed, as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts, a solvate thereof, solvates of the pharmaceutically acceptable salts and biologically active metabolites thereof. The compound may be prepared as a pharmaceutical composition, and may be used for the treatment or prophylaxis of a variety of conditions in mammals including humans, and particularly, such conditions as may be associated with aberrant JAK activity, including by way of non-limiting example, allergy, inflammatory conditions, autoimmune diseases, proliferative diseases, transplant rejection, diseases involving impairment of cartilage turnover, congenital cartilage malformations, and/or diseases associated with hypersecretion of IL6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Christel Jeanne Marie MENET, Alastair James HODGES, Huw David VATER
  • Publication number: 20180078548
    Abstract: The present invention relates to use of small organic compounds interacting with the Voltage-Dependent Anion Channel (VDAC) for the treatment of diseases associated with central nervous system (CNS) disorders, including psychotic disorders, mood disorders, neurodegenerative diseases. In particular the present invention relates to the use of substituted piperazine- and piperidine-derivatives and pharmaceutical compositions comprising same for the treatment of psychotic disorders including schizophrenia, mood disorders, and neurodegenerative diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Varda SHOSHAN-BARMATZ, Arie LEV GRUZMAN
  • Publication number: 20180078549
    Abstract: Improved pharmaceutical solid oral dosage forms for the buccal and/or sublingual delivery of Tadalafil. The improved delivery systems for solubilizing and stabilizing pharmaceutically active ingredients exhibit enhanced methods of preparation by the use improved solubilization systems which can maintain the Tadalafil in a buccal and/or sublingual oral dosage form or a polymeric film matrix that provides improved bioavailability and/or absorption of Tadalafil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: Intelgenx Corp.
    Inventors: Horst G. Zerbe, Nadine Paiement, Angela Angusti, Cormac Long
  • Publication number: 20180078550
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the combination of PM01183 with several anticancer drugs, in particular other anticancer drugs selected from antitumor platinum coordination complexes, antimetabolites, mitotic inhibitors, anticancer antibiotics, topoisomerase I and/or II inhibitors, proteasome inhibitors, histone deacetylase inhibitors, nitrogen mustard alkylating agents, nitrosourea alkylating agents, nonclassical alkylating agents, estrogen antagonists, androgen antagonists, mTOR inhibitors, tyrosine kinase inhibitors, and other agents selected from aplidine, ET-743, PM02734 and PM00104, and the use of these combinations in the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Victoria MONEO OCAÑA, Gema SANTAMARÍA NÚÑEZ, Luis Francisco GARCÍA FERNÁNDEZ, Carlos María GALMARINI, María José GUILLÉN NAVARRO, Pablo Manuel AVILÉS MARÍN
  • Publication number: 20180078551
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the combination of PM01183 with several anticancer drugs, in particular other anticancer drugs selected from antitumor platinum coordination complexes, antimetabolites, mitotic inhibitors, anticancer antibiotics, topoisomerase I and/or II inhibitors, proteasome inhibitors, histone deacetylase inhibitors, nitrogen mustard alkylating agents, nitrosourea alkylating agents, nonclassical alkylating agents, estrogen antagonists, androgen antagonists, mTOR inhibitors, tyrosine kinase inhibitors, and other agents selected from aplidine, ET-743, PM02734 and PM00104, and the use of these combinations in the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Victoria MONEO OCAÑA, Gema SANTAMARÍA NÚÑEZ, Luis Francisco GARCÍA FERNÁNDEZ, Carlos María GALMARINI, María José GUILLÉN NAVARRO, Pablo Manuel AVILÉS MARÍN
  • Publication number: 20180078552
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to methods of treating hemolytic diseases such as sickle cell anemia using kinase inhibitors, for example, compounds that inhibit the spleen tyrosine kinase (SYK). In some embodiments a method is presented to prevent thrombosis in blood vessels of patients with a hemolytic disease comprising the step of: administrating to a patient having at least one hemolytic disease a therapeutically effective amount of at least one SYK inhibitor. In some embodiments the method includes repeatedly administering the SYK kinase inhibitor to a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Phillip S. Low, Francesco Turrini, Antonella Pantaleo
  • Publication number: 20180078553
    Abstract: Methods of inhibiting the replication of influenza viruses in a biological sample or patient, of reducing the amount of influenza viruses in a biological sample or patient, and of treating influenza in a patient, comprises administering to said biological sample or patient an effective amount of a compound represented by Structural Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the values of Structural Formula (IA) are as described herein. A compound is represented by Structural Formula (IA) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the values of Structural Formula (IA) are as described herein. A pharmaceutical composition comprises an effective amount of such a compound or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, adjuvant or vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Paul S. Charifson, Michael P. Clark, Upul K. Bandarage, Randy S. Bethiel, John J. Court, Hongbo Deng, Ioana Davies, John P. Duffy, Luc J. Farmer, Huai Gao, Wenxin Gu, Dylan H. Jacobs, Joseph M. Kennedy, Mark W. Ledeboer, Brian Ledford, Francois Maltais, Emanuele Perola, Tiansheng Wang, M. Woods Wannamaker, Randal Byrn, Yi Zhou, Chao Lin, Min Jiang, Steven Jones, Ursula A. Germann, Francesco G. Salituro, Ann Dak-Yee Kwong
  • Publication number: 20180078554
    Abstract: An OLED comprising a hole-transporting layer and light-emitting layer wherein the hole-transporting layer comprises a hole-transporting polymer wherein no more than 5% of the polystyrene equivalent polymer weight measured by gel permeation chromatography consists of chains with weight of less than 50,000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicants: Sumitomo Chemical Company Limited, Cambridge Display Technology Limited
    Inventors: Ruth Pegington, Martin Humphries
  • Publication number: 20180078555
    Abstract: Described herein are methods for treating and preventing graft versus host disease using ACK inhibitors. The methods include administering to an individual in need thereof an ACK inhibitor such as ibrutinib for treating and preventing graft versus host disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: John C. Byrd, Jason A. Dubovsky, Natarajan Muthusamy, Amy J. Johnson, David Miklos
  • Publication number: 20180078556
    Abstract: Combination therapy regimens including liposomal irinotecan, oxaliplatin and 5-fluorouracil are useful in the treatment of pancreatic cancer, including treatment of patients diagnosed with previously untreated metastatic adenocarcinoma of the pancreas. The combination therapy can include the administration of liposomal irinotecan, oxaliplatin, leucovorin and 5-fluorouracil once every two weeks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Eliel Bayever, Sarah F. Blanchette, Jonathan Basil Fitzgerald, Daniel F. Gaddy, Bart S. Hendriks, Ashish Kalra, Helen Lee
  • Publication number: 20180078557
    Abstract: Provided is method for improving depression of a patient by administering to a patient suffering from depression an effective dose of sepiapterin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of sepiapterin in an amount from 0.1 to 100 mg/kg of body weight per day.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventor: HIROYUKI HASEGAWA
  • Publication number: 20180078558
    Abstract: Described herein are methods for treating and preventing alloantibody driven chronic graft versus host disease (cGVHD). The methods include administering to an individual in need thereof ibrutinib for treating and preventing alloantibody driven graft versus host disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Bruce R. Blazar, Ryan Flynn
  • Publication number: 20180078559
    Abstract: Described herein is the identification of cGMP-specific phosphodiesterase upregulation in cystic kidney diseases. Also described is the use of cGMP-specific phosphodiesterase inhibitors for preventing the progression and/or treatment of cystic kidney diseases. Other aspects described provide medicaments for preventing the progression and/or treating cystic kidney diseases, and methods of diagnosing cystic kidney disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: Indiana University Research and Technology Coporation
    Inventors: Robert Bacallao, James A. Glazier, Sherry G. Clendenon, Rita Maria Cunha De Almeida
  • Publication number: 20180078560
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of 4-(4-Fluoro-2-methoxyphenyl)-N-{3-[(S-methylsulfonimidoyl)methyl]phenyl}-1,3,5-triazin-2-amine (compound A), more particularly (+)-4-(4-Fluoro-2-methoxyphenyl)-N-{3-[(S-methylsulfonimidoyl)methyl]phenyl}-1,3,5-triazin-2-amine (compound A?), for treating multiple myeloma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: Bayer Pharma Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Arne SCHOLZ
  • Publication number: 20180078561
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising one or more active metabolites of apilimod and methods for their use in treating cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Paul Beckett, Neil Beeharry, Sean Landrette, Chris Conrad, Jonathan M. Rothberg, Henri Lichenstein
  • Publication number: 20180078562
    Abstract: This disclosure pertains generally to the field of chemical synthesis and purification, and more specifically to methods of synthesizing and purifying certain 3,7 diamino-phenothiazin-5-ium compounds (referred to herein as “diaminophenothiaziniumcompounds”) including Methythioninium Chloride (MTC) (also known as Methylene Blue). In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of, in order: nitrosylation (NOS); nitrosyl reduction (NR); thiosulfonic acid formation (TSAF); oxidative coupling (OC); Cr(VI) reduction (CR); isolation and purification of zwitterionic intermediate (IAPOZI); ring closure (RC); chloride salt-formation (CSF); one of: sulphide treatment (ST); dimethyldithiocarbamate treatment (DT); carbonate treatment (CT); ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid treatment (EDTAT); organic extraction (OE); and recrystallisation (RX). Also disclosed resulting (high purity) compounds, compositions comprising them (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: WisTa Laboratories Ltd.
    Inventors: John Mervyn David STOREY, James Peter SINCLAIR, Colin MARSHALL, Han Wan TAN, Claude Michel WISCHIK
  • Publication number: 20180078563
    Abstract: The invention relates to 6-{4-[1-(Propan-2-yl)piperidin-4-yl]-1,4-diazepan-1-yl}-N-(pyridin-4-yl)pyridine-2-carboxamide, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for use in treatment of CNS cancers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: PROXIMAGEN LIMITED
    Inventors: Peter RICHARDSON, Jacqueline Mary WALLING, Claudio FESTUCCIA
  • Publication number: 20180078564
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to theranostic prodrugs with responsive signals in-vitro or in-vivo and uses thereof. It also relates to synthesized europium complexes for evaluating the binding with integrin ?v?3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Ka Leung WONG, Hongguang LI
  • Publication number: 20180078565
    Abstract: This invention provides for a method of treating secondary adrenal insufficiency by co-administrating therapeutically effective amounts of a glucocorticoid and a glucocorticoid receptor antagonist to the patient in need thereof. In some embodiments, the method includes the proviso that the patient not be otherwise in need of treatment with a glucocorticoid and a glucocorticoid receptor antagonist. The treatment method can increase the patient's morning or basal cortisol level to at least about 12 ?g/dL or a standard control level, and in turn, expedite significantly the recovery of the HPA axis. The method provided herein can improve health outcomes and life-threatening complications associated with secondary adrenal insufficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Andreas G. MORAITIS, Pejman COHAN, Joseph K. BELANOFF
  • Publication number: 20180078566
    Abstract: A drug delivery system for oral administration of hydrophobic drugs with enhanced and extended absorption and improved pharmacokinetics is provided. In one embodiment, formulations comprising testosterone and testosterone esters, e.g., testosterone palmitate, are disclosed. Methods of treating a hormone deficiency or effecting male contraception with the inventive formulations are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Robert E. DUDLEY, Panayiotis P. CONSTANTINIDES
  • Publication number: 20180078567
    Abstract: The present invention provides a therapeutic composition for intractable leukemia comprising a drug (a) and a drug (b), wherein the drug (a) is a compound represented by the following formula (I), a salt thereof, or a prodrug thereof: wherein, Ar1 is a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group; Ar2 is a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group or a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group; L is an oxygen atom, —NHCO—, or —CONH—; X1 is CH; X2 and X3 are CH and a nitrogen atom, respectively; Y is an ethylene group; m is 0; and Z1 and Z2 form a substituted or unsubstituted monocyclic heterocyclic group comprising X3 and having two nitrogen atoms as ring members, and the drug (b) is a steroidal anti-inflammatory drug; and relates to a therapy for intractable leukemia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: RIKEN
    Inventors: Fumihiko ISHIKAWA, Yoriko SAITO
  • Publication number: 20180078568
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions having a lipophilic active agent and methods of their use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: Lipocine Inc.
    Inventors: Mahesh Patel, Nachiappan Chidambaram, Satish Nachaegari, Srinivasan Venkateshwaran, Joel Frank, Chandrashekar Giliyar
  • Publication number: 20180078569
    Abstract: In alternative embodiments, the invention provides compositions and methods for overcoming or diminishing or preventing Growth Factor Inhibitor resistance in a cell, or, a method for increasing the growth-inhibiting effectiveness of a Growth Factor inhibitor on a cell, or, a method for re-sensitizing a cell to a Growth Factor inhibitor, comprising for example, administration of a combination of a TBK1 inhibitor and an RTK inhibitor. In alternative embodiments, the cell is a tumor cell, a cancer cell or a dysfunctional cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Luigi FRATI, Fabio Maria PULCINELLI
  • Publication number: 20180078570
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods for preparing the same, comprising a tetracycline with improved stability and solubility. Some embodiments include a tetracycline with an excess of a divalent or trivalent cation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: David C. Griffith, Serge Boyer, Scott Hecker, Michael N. Dudley
  • Publication number: 20180078571
    Abstract: The inventor has discovered that a particular dosage of Alpha Glycerylphosphoryl Choline administered to adult males results in a reduction of thyrotropin serum. Thytotropin levels are depressed with increased dopamine levels in the brain, and CDP-choline has been shown to increase dopamine and dopamine receptor density in the CNS. By suppressing the TSH levels in the brain to increase dopamine levels, this invention can assist in the treatment of depression, as well as symptoms of hyperthyroidism such as chills, depression, sluggishness, or feelings of weakness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventor: David Bellar
  • Publication number: 20180078572
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a nutritional composition comprising at least one fucosylated oligosaccharide and at least one N-acetylated oligosaccharide, for use in preventing and/or treating constipation and/or in improving stool consistency/frequency in an infant or a young child.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Norbert Sprenger, Dominique Brassart, Delphine Egli
  • Publication number: 20180078573
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a nutritional composition comprising at least one fucosylated oligosaccharide for use in preventing and/or treating constipation and/or in improving stool consistency/frequency in an infant or a young child.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Norbert Sprenger, Dominique Brassart, Delphine Egli
  • Publication number: 20180078574
    Abstract: A mixture of human milk oligosaccharides that consists essentially of 3?-O-sialyllactose, a component A which is either 3-O-fucosyllactose or lacto-N-tetraose, a component B which is 3-O-fucosyl-3?-O-sialyllactose when component A is 3-O-fucosyllactose and sialyllacto-N-tetraose a, when component A is lacto-N-tetraose and optionally lactose as a fourth component. The mixtures are made by treating 3?-O-sialyllactose and component A with an ?2,3-transsialidase. The mixtures are for use in anti-bacterial and anti-viral compositions, and for promoting the development of Bifidobacterium and Barnesiella.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Elise CHAMPION, Bruce MCCONNELL, Gyula DEKANY
  • Publication number: 20180078575
    Abstract: This document provides methods and materials for reducing amyloid beta levels within a mammal (e.g. a mammal having Alzheimer's disease). For example, this document provides methods for using compositions containing a potato polysaccharide preparation to reduce one or more symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. In some cases, a composition containing a potato polysaccharide preparation provided herein can be used to increase binding, sequestration, and/or degradation of CNS-derived amyloid beta polypeptides, thereby inhibiting the formation of neurofibrillary plaques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: George B. Stefano, Richard M. Kream, Kirk J. Mantione
  • Publication number: 20180078576
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to agents and medicinal protocols useful in the prophylaxis and/or treatment of respiratory diseases or conditions such as asthma, allergic rhinitis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). More particularly, the present invention relates to the use of a sulfated xylan or a derivative or homolog thereof in the treatment of respiratory diseases or conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: Paradigm Biopharmaceuticals Limited
    Inventors: Deirdre Roma COOMBE, Warren KETT
  • Publication number: 20180078577
    Abstract: In some examples, the disclosure relates to a method including applying biomimetic mineralization process to an enamel defect of a tooth, wherein the applied biomimetic mineralization process remineralizes the tooth in the enamel defect. For example, applying a biomimetic mineralization process may include applying a polymer stabilized biomimetic mineralization composition in the area of the enamel defect and matrices, wherein the biomimetic mineralization composition infiltrates into a porosity of the enamel defect and crystalizes to remineralize the enamel defect. An example polymer stabilized biomimetic mineralization composition includes calcium, phosphate, and a polyanionic additive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Yuping Li, Alex Fok, Conrado Aparicio
  • Publication number: 20180078578
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for treating, preventing, or managing local inflammatory symptoms, including symptoms associated with acute or chronic inflammation, and particularly for conditions that are characterized by an underlying immunological disease or condition. The invention further provides methods for controlling inflammatory processes relating to cancer and the microbial flora.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Mark Sampson, Svetlana Panicheva, Cary Schockemoehl, Ethan Solomon
  • Publication number: 20180078579
    Abstract: A radioactive protection micronutrient formulation system is provided and the system comprises: a formulation consisting essentially of antioxidants, the antioxidants are selected from the group consisting essentially of vitamin C, vitamin E, N-acetyl cysteine, natural mixed carotenoids, and alpha-lipoic acid, vitamin A (palmitate), vitamin D-3 (cholecalciferol), thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, niacinamide ascorbate, d-calcium pantothenate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, cyanocobalamin, folic acid, D-Biotin, selenium (1-seleno-methionine), chromium picolinate, zinc glycinate, calcium citrate and magnesium citrate and mixtures thereof; and plus a booster formulation selected from a group consisting essentially of vitamin C, d-alpha tocopheryl acid succinate, alpha tocopherol, N-acetyl cysteine, natural mixed carotenoids and alpha lipoic acid, the formulation is designed to reduce the risk in humans exposed to doses of ionizing radiation of becoming subjected to at least one condition selected from the group consi
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventor: Gerald M. Haase
  • Publication number: 20180078580
    Abstract: Stabilized multi-component antimicrobial compositions for treating tissue diseases, infections or conditions include a first and second set of differently sized and/or differently shaped metal nanoparticles, and a stabilizing agent. Compositions and treatment methods may be used for treating tissue diseases, infections or conditions caused by microbial infections, such as bacteria, viral, and/or fungal infections, or for preventing the infection of a wound, such as a cut, abrasion, ulcer, lesion, sore, and the like. The compositions and treatment methods disclosed herein may also be used as a prophylactic, and in some embodiments may be applied to otherwise healthy tissue in order to prevent or reduce the occurrence of a tissue disease, infection or condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Bryon J. Tarbet, William H. Niedermeyer
  • Publication number: 20180078581
    Abstract: Provided are exosomes sourced from a granulocyte myeloid-derived suppressor cell and an application thereof. The exosomes are named as G-MDSC exo. Also provided is a use of the exosomes in preparing a drug used for suppressing autoimmune diseases. The G-MDSC exo can effectively suppress proliferation of CD4+T cells in vitro, promote induced proliferation of T regulatory (Treg) cells, alleviate foot swelling of model mice having delayed-type hypersensitivity, and suppress attacks of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) of the mice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: Jiangsu University
    Inventors: Shengjun WANG, Yungang WANG, Jie TIAN, Ke RUI, Jie MA, Bin MA, Xinyl TANG, Huaxi XU
  • Publication number: 20180078582
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for deriving a platelet product from a plurality of buffy coats. A plurality of buffy coats are separately collected, for example, using a conventional floor centrifuge. Plasma and/or a platelet additive solution may be added to the buffy coats. The buffy coats are pooled into a container and conveyed into a centrifuge or are sequentially conveyed into the centrifuge without being pooled, where they are continuously processed to separate platelets from the other cellular blood components. The separated platelets are conveyed out of the centrifuge as a platelet product, which may be passed through a leukocyte removal filter to reduce the white blood cell content of the platelet product. By continuously separating the buffy coats, fewer buffy coats are required to produce a single-dose platelet product, while also allowing for the derivation and collection of a plurality of single-dose platelet products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Kyungyoon Min, Benjamin E. Kusters, Richard I. Brown
  • Publication number: 20180078583
    Abstract: A population of cells possesses enhanced selectin binding based upon a fucosylated selectin ligand present on a surface thereof. Methods of producing the population of cells, along with therapeutic methods of using the cells, are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Lijun Xia, Rodger P. McEver
  • Publication number: 20180078584
    Abstract: A Chinese medicine extract and preparation method and application thereof. Raw materials of the extract are Artemisia carvifolia and propolis. The extract has an excellent effect of inhibiting CaN-NF-AT pathway and a lower relative toxicity for cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: INFINITUS (CHINA) COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Jian TANG, Wenjuan DENG, Guangrong LIU
  • Publication number: 20180078585
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions comprising bacterial strains for treating and preventing cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Imke Elisabeth MULDER, Amy Beth HOLT, Domenico PANZICA, Seanin Marie MCCLUSKY
  • Publication number: 20180078586
    Abstract: Microbiota restoration therapy (MRT) compositions (e.g., oral MRT compositions) and methods for manufacturing MRT compositions are disclosed. An example method for manufacturing an MRT composition may include collecting a stool sample, purifying the stool sample to form a purified sample, stabilizing the purified sample to form a stabilized sample, converting the stabilized sample to a solid, adding one or more additives and/or excipients to the solid to form a treatment composition, and encapsulating the treatment composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: REBIOTIX, INC.
    Inventors: LEE A. JONES, COURTNEY R. JONES, BETH ANNE-SZKUDLAREK BROWN, JOSHUA ERICKSON
  • Publication number: 20180078587
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions and methods for preventing and/or reducing the risk of colorectal cancer. In particular, provided herein are probiotic and small molecule agents and their use in preventing colorectal cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventor: Jimmy W. Crott
  • Publication number: 20180078588
    Abstract: Described herein are compositions and methods of treatment for acne and other skin disorders involving the use of probiotics. In certain aspects, microbes included in the probiotics have been engineered or selected for the treatment of specific skin disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Emma TAYLOR, David HANZEL
  • Publication number: 20180078589
    Abstract: Compositions comprising at least two non-pathogenic microbes are described herein. The non-pathogenic microbes may be from a first species capable of internalizing and/or metabolizing dietary glycans and/or from a second species capable of consuming and metabolizing free sugar monomers. Methods of making and use in treating and/or preventing the overgrowth of pathogenic bacteria in mammals are also described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: David KYLE, David MILLS, Carlito LEBRILLA, Samara FREEMAN-SHARKEY, Steven FRESE
  • Publication number: 20180078590
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a strain of Lactobacillus probiotic bacteria and a poultry vaccine for use in the in ovo vaccination of poultry, wherein said strain and said vaccine are administered to an embryonated poultry egg. Compositions suitable for use in an in ovo vaccination protocol for poultry comprising a strain of Lactobacillus probiotic bacteria and a vaccine diluent which is suitable for the poultry vaccine to be used in said vaccination protocol are also provided, as are suitable kits for use in the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Uma Nathan, Bo Möllstam
  • Publication number: 20180078591
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to modified vaccinia Ankara (MVA) virus or MVAAE3L delivered intratumorally or systemically as an anticancer immunotherapeutic agent, alone, or in combination with one or more immune checkpoint blocking agents for the treatment of malignant solid tumors. Particular embodiments relate to mobilizing the host's immune system to mount an immune response against the tumor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    Inventors: Liang DENG, Jedd WOLCHOK, Taha MERGHOUB, Stewart SHUMAN, Peihong DAI, Weiyi WANG
  • Publication number: 20180078592
    Abstract: Described herein are chimeric Newcastle disease viruses engineered to express an agonist of a co-stimulatory signal of an immune cell and compositions comprising such viruses. Also described herein are chimeric Newcastle disease viruses engineered to express an antagonist of an inhibitory signal of an immune cell and compositions comprising such viruses. The chimeric Newcastle disease viruses and compositions are useful in the treatment of cancer. In addition, described herein are methods for treating cancer comprising administering Newcastle disease viruses in combination with an agonist of a co-stimulatory signal of an immune and/or an antagonist of an inhibitory signal of an immune cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicants: ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    Inventors: Peter Palese, Adolfo Garcia-Sastre, Dmitriy Zamarin, James Allison, Jedd D. Wolchok
  • Publication number: 20180078593
    Abstract: A method for delivering therapeutics includes infusing medication with cannabis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventor: Shabana Naheed
  • Publication number: 20180078594
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a Petasites extract or pharmaceutical composition thereof for use in a method for treating viral infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Jurgen Drewe, Stephan Toff, Catherine Zahner
  • Publication number: 20180078595
    Abstract: Alzheimer' s disease (AD) is the common neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the formation of extraneuronal accumulation of amyloid fibrils and intracellular neurofibrillary tangles of Amyloid ?-Protein (A?) into plaques. Cactus mucilage extracted from Opuntia ficus-indica was analyzed in disturbing the aggregation pathway of Amyloid ?-Protein (A?) fibrils and ?-synuclein. Mucilage is a pectin polysaccharide with a backbone of ?-D-galacturonic acid and ?-L-rhamnose and a branch of arabinose or xylose. Two different fractions of mucilage can be extracted: pectin gelling extract which forms gels in the presence of Ca2+ ions (GE) and non-gelling extract (NE). The effectiveness of mucilage in disturbing the formation of A? fibrils was evaluated. A? monomeric species have been incubated along with different concentration of the mucilage extract in vitro. The aggregation kinetics of the A? proteins were monitored by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: University of South Florida
    Inventors: Norma A. Alcantar, David Morgan, Zeinab Veisi, Leonid Breydo, Vladimir N. Uversky, Ryan G. Toomey, Tunan Peng, Eva Stephanie Lobbens
  • Publication number: 20180078596
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a method for protection of bladder from damage, and prevention of frequent urination using a Canavalia ensiformis supplement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: Wellstrong Biotech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Robert M. LEVIN, Dian Yu LIN, Chang Chou LAN, Chung Liang LAN, Chung Min LAN