221 |
MODIFYING MESSENGER RNA STABILITY IN PLANT TRANSFORMATIONS |
US15056544 |
2016-02-29 |
US20170081672A1 |
2017-03-23 |
Thomas Stoddard; Song Luo |
Materials and methods for genome engineering through transient expression of a targeted nuclease are described herein. For example, the methods described herein can include introducing into a cell a messenger RNA (mRNA) that encodes a nuclease targeted to a selected sequence within the cell, where the stability of the mRNA is modified by the addition of untranslated regions (UTRs). |
222 |
CRISPR/CAS-RELATED METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING USHER SYNDROME AND RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA |
US15123576 |
2015-03-05 |
US20170073674A1 |
2017-03-16 |
Morgan L. MAEDER; David A. BUMCROT |
CRISPR/Cas-related compositions and methods for treatment of Usher Syndrome and/or Retinitis Pigmentosa are disclosed herein. |
223 |
Orthogonal Cas9 proteins for RNA-guided gene regulation and editing |
US14674895 |
2015-03-31 |
US09587252B2 |
2017-03-07 |
George M. Church; Kevin Esvelt; Prashant Mali |
Methods of modulating expression of a target nucleic acid in a cell are provided including use of multiple orthogonal Cas9 proteins to simultaneously and independently regulate corresponding genes or simultaneously and independently edit corresponding genes. |
224 |
FAD2 PERFORMANCE LOCI AND CORRESPONDING TARGET SITE SPECIFIC BINDING PROTEINS CAPABLE OF INDUCING TARGETED BREAKS |
US15292774 |
2016-10-13 |
US20170044559A1 |
2017-02-16 |
W. Michael Ainley; Steven R. Webb; Jayakumar P. Samuel; Dmitry Y. Guschin; Jeffrey C. Miller; Lei Zhang |
Methods and compositions for gene disruption, gene editing or gene stacking within a FAD2 loci by cleaving, in a site directed manner, a location in a FAD2 gene in a soybean cell, to generate a break in the FAD2 gene and then optionally integrating into the break a nucleic acid molecule of interest is disclosed. |
225 |
Stitched polypeptides |
US14027064 |
2013-09-13 |
US09556227B2 |
2017-01-31 |
Gregory L. Verdine; Young-Woo Kim |
The present invention provides inventive stitched polypeptides, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of making and using inventive stitched polypeptides. |
226 |
METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATMENT OF NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES |
US15125542 |
2015-03-11 |
US20170000729A1 |
2017-01-05 |
Martin L. Katz; Joan R. Coates; Christopher J. Tracy; Rebecca E.H. Whiting; Jacqueline W. Pearce |
The present invention provides methods and compositions for treating a neurodegeneration disease or retinal degenerative disease in a mammal comprising the use of mesenchymal stem cells expressing a therapeutic compound. The invention also provides cells and constructs for use in such methods. Also provided are kits for treatment of a neurodegeneration disease or retinal degenerative disease. The present invention relates in general to the field of retinal degenerative and neurodegenerative diseases. More specifically, the invention relates to methods for treatment of retinal degenerative and neurodegenerative disease. |
227 |
Targeted modification of malate dehydrogenase |
US13875992 |
2013-05-02 |
US09523098B2 |
2016-12-20 |
Vipula Shukla; Manju Gupta; Fyodor Urnov; Dmitry Guschin; Michiel Jan De Both; Paul Bundock; Lakshmi Sastry-Dent |
Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for targeted modification of one or more endogenous plant malate dehydrogenase genes. |
228 |
CRISPR HYBRID DNA/RNA POLYNUCLEOTIDES AND METHODS OF USE |
US15238464 |
2016-08-16 |
US20160362668A1 |
2016-12-15 |
Andrew Paul May; Paul Daniel Donohoue |
The present disclosure provides DNA-guided CRISPR systems; polynucleotides comprising DNA, RNA and mixtures thereof for use with CRISPR systems; and methods of use involving such polynucleotides and DNA-guided CRISPR systems. |
229 |
ENGINEERING OF SYSTEMS, METHODS AND OPTIMIZED GUIDE COMPOSITIONS WITH NEW ARCHITECTURES FOR SEQUENCE MANIPULATION |
US15172636 |
2016-06-03 |
US20160355795A1 |
2016-12-08 |
Fei Ran; Feng Zhang |
The invention provides for systems, methods, and compositions for altering expression of target gene sequences and related gene products. Provided are structural information on the Cas protein of the CRISPR-Cas system, use of this information in generating modified components of the CRISPR complex, vectors and vector systems which encode one or more components or modified components of a CRISPR complex, as well as methods for the design and use of such vectors and components. Also provided are methods of directing CRISPR complex formation in eukaryotic cells and methods for utilizing the CRISPR-Cas system. In particular the present invention comprehends optimized functional CRISPR-Cas enzyme systems. In particular the present invention comprehends engineered new guide architectures to be used in optimized CRISPR-Cas enzyme systems. |
230 |
COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS TO TREAT HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS INFECTIONS |
US15167204 |
2016-05-27 |
US20160346361A1 |
2016-12-01 |
Stephen R. Quake; Jianbin Wang |
Herpes simplex virus (HSV) including herpes simplex virus 1 and 2 (HSV-1 and HSV-2) are a persistent cause of human disease with no known cure. Guided nuclease systems target specific regions of the HSV-1 and HSV-2 genomes, disrupting the virus' nucleic acid and rendering even latent viruses incapacitated. |
231 |
ENGINEERING OF SYSTEMS, METHODS AND OPTIMIZED GUIDE COMPOSITIONS FOR SEQUENCE MANIPULATION |
US15230025 |
2016-08-05 |
US20160340662A1 |
2016-11-24 |
Feng Zhang; Le Cong; Patrick Hsu; Fei Ran |
The invention provides for systems, methods, and compositions for manipulation of sequences and/or activities of target sequences. Provided are vectors and vector systems, some of which encode one or more components of a CRISPR complex, as well as methods for the design and use of such vectors. Also provided are methods of directing CRISPR complex formation in eukaryotic cells and methods for selecting specific cells by introducing precise mutations utilizing the CRISPR-Cas system. |
232 |
DNA VECTOR PRODUCTION SYSTEM |
US15047029 |
2016-02-18 |
US20160333361A1 |
2016-11-17 |
Roderick Slavcev; Nafiseh Nafissi |
A vector production system is provided. The system comprises recombinant cells designed to encode at least a first recombinase under the control of an inducible promoter and the cells include an expression vector encoding a nucleic acid of interest within the regulatory elements of the expression vector which are flanked on either side by a target sequence for at least the first recombinase. The vector production system provides an efficient one-step process for producing linear or circular covalently closed vectors that incorporate a nucleic acid sequence of interest. |
233 |
FAD2 performance loci and corresponding target site specific binding proteins capable of inducing targeted breaks |
US14019293 |
2013-09-05 |
US09493779B2 |
2016-11-15 |
William Michael Ainley; Steven R. Webb; Pon Samuel; Dmitry Y. Guschin; Jeffrey C. Miller; Lei Zhang |
Methods and compositions for gene disruption, gene editing or gene stacking within a FAD2 loci by cleaving, in a site directed manner, a location in a FAD2 gene in a soybean cell, to generate a break in the FAD2 gene and then optionally integrating into the break a nucleic acid molecule of interest is disclosed. |
234 |
TEMPLATE SWITCH-BASED METHODS FOR PRODUCING A PRODUCT NUCLEIC ACID |
US15194414 |
2016-06-27 |
US20160304946A1 |
2016-10-20 |
Craig Betts; Andrew Alan Farmer |
Provided are methods of producing a product nucleic acid. The methods include combining a template deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), a polymerase, a template switch oligonucleotide, and dNTPs into a reaction mixture. The components are combined into the reaction mixture under conditions sufficient to produce a product nucleic acid that includes the template DNA and the template switch oligonucleotide each hybridized to adjacent regions of a single product nucleic acid that includes a region polymerized from the dNTPs by the polymerase. Aspects of the invention further include compositions and kits. |
235 |
CAS VARIANTS FOR GENE EDITING |
US15103608 |
2014-12-12 |
US20160304846A1 |
2016-10-20 |
David R. Liu; Alexis Christine Komor |
Some aspects of this disclosure provide strategies, systems, reagents, methods, and kits that are useful for the targeted editing of nucleic acids, including editing a single site within the genome of a cell or subject, e.g., within the human genome. In some embodiments, fusion proteins of Cas9 and nucleic acid editing enzymes or enzyme domains, e.g., deaminase domains, are provided. In some embodiments, methods for targeted nucleic acid editing are provided. In some embodiments, reagents and kits for the generation of targeted nucleic acid editing proteins, e.g., fusion proteins of Cas9 and nucleic acid editing enzymes or domains, are provided. |
236 |
METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE |
US15036020 |
2014-11-11 |
US20160296605A1 |
2016-10-13 |
H. Steve Zhang |
Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for diagnosing, treating or preventing Huntington's Disease. |
237 |
Method for monitoring development of somatic mosaicism |
US14309363 |
2014-06-19 |
US09463223B2 |
2016-10-11 |
Dmitry Dmitrievich Genkin; Georgy Viktorovich Tets; Viktor Veniaminovich Tets |
The invention is directed to treatment of systemic DNA mutation diseases accompanied with development of somatic mosaicism and elevation of blood extracellular DNA. The inventive method comprises introducing a DNASE enzyme into the systemic blood circulation of a patient in doses and regimens which are sufficient to decrease average molecular weight of circulating extracellular blood DNA in the blood of said patient. |
238 |
OPTIMIZED SMALL GUIDE RNAS AND METHODS OF USE |
US15025217 |
2014-09-29 |
US20160289673A1 |
2016-10-06 |
Bo HUANG; Baohui CHEN; Lei QI |
Methods, compositions, and kits are provided herein for CRISPER/Cas-mediated nucleic acid detection or modification. |
239 |
Stable Enzymes by Glycation Reduction |
US15035666 |
2014-11-14 |
US20160289653A1 |
2016-10-06 |
Mark S. Gebert; Soren Dalsgaard; Mariliz Ortiz Johnson; Adam L. Garske; Douglas A. Dale |
The present teachings provide enzymes with improved stability arising from reduced glycation. Glycation reduction can be achieved by a variety of means, including protein engineering, heating to remove background ground starch hydrolytic activity, diafiltration afiltration, and various formulation approaches including non-inclusion of problematic sugars, and inclusion of resistant starches. |
240 |
METHOD FOR TARGETED MODIFICATION OF ALGAE GENOMES |
US14442323 |
2013-11-18 |
US20160272980A1 |
2016-09-22 |
Philippe DUCHATEAU; Fayza DABOUSSI |
The invention relates to a method for modifying genetic material in algal cells that includes the use of rare-cutting endonuclease to target specific genomic sequences. In particular, the invention relates to a method for modifying genetic material in algal cells wherein rare-cutting endonuclease, especially a homing endonuclease or a TALE-Nuclease, is expressed over several generations to efficiently modify said target genome sequences. |