Methods and devices are disclosed for non-invasive optogenetic stimulation of autonomic efferent fibers to regulate glucose metabolism in the liver and brown adipose tissue and to treat metabolic disorders.

The present disclosure provides recombinant nucleic acids comprising one or more polynucleotides encoding a polypeptide; viruses comprising the recombinant nucleic acids; compositions and formulations comprising the recombinant nucleic acids and/or viruses; methods of their use (e.g., for the treatment of one or more conditions or diseases of the eye); and articles of manufacture or kits thereof.

The present disclosure relates, in part, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more polynucleotides suitable for enhancing, increasing, augmenting, and/or supplementing the levels of Collagen alpha-1 (VII) chain polypeptide and/or Lysyl hydroxylase 3 polypeptide and/or Keratin type I cytoskeletal 17 polypeptide in a subject. The present disclosure also relates, in part, to pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use for providing prophylactic, palliative, or therapeutic relief of a wound, disorder, or disease of the skin in a subject, including a subject having, or at risk of developing, one or more symptoms of epidermolysis bullosa.

The finding that phosphatidylserine (PtdSer) exposure on the outer leaflet of virally transduced cells triggers their engulfment by resident immune cells is described. It is demonstrated that inhibition of phospholipid scramblase 1 (PLSCR1) activity prevents PtdSer externalization and enables prolonged protection of vector-transduced cells from phagocytosis. Methods of inhibiting a virus vector-induced inflammatory response in tissue, methods of prolonging virus vector encoded transgene expression, and methods of modulating an inflammatory response in tissue of a subject, by administering an inhibitor of PLSCR1 are described.

Recombinant herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV-2) vaccine vectors, virions thereof, compositions and vaccines comprising such, and methods of use thereof are each provided.

The present invention generally provides HSV-based genome editing vectors, cell-based compositions, and methods of using the same.

Malignant tumors that are resistant to conventional therapies represent significant therapeutic challenges. An embodiment of the present invention provides a second generation oncolytic virus rQNestin34.5v2 with less toxicity that is more effective at selective killing target cells, such as tumor cells. In various embodiments presented herein, the oncolytic virus described herein is suitable for treatment of glioblastoma, as well as other cancers.

Methods and compositions for increasing the production of recombinant proteins by introducing ICP0 to cells capable of producing a recombinant protein are encompassed. In one method, the recombinant protein is a protein that is required for the replication of a replication defective virus, wherein the recombinant protein is provided to the replication defective virus in trans.

Methods and compositions for increasing the production of recombinant proteins by introducing ICP0 to cells capable of producing a recombinant protein are encompassed. In one method, the recombinant protein is a protein that is required for the replication of a replication defective virus, wherein the recombinant protein is provided to the replication defective virus in trans.

Polyethylene glycol (PEG)-b-poly(-amino ester) (PBAE) co-polymers (PEG-PBAE) and blends of PEG-PBAEs and PBAEs and their use for delivering drugs, genes, and other pharmaceutical or therapeutic agents safely and effectively to different sites in the body and to different cells, such as cancer cells, are disclosed.