Patent classifications
A61K2039/58
CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY USING TRANSFUSIONS OF ALLOGENEIC, TUMOR-SPECIFIC CD4+ T CELLS
The invention provides methods and compositions for administration of allogeneic lymphocytes as an exogenous source of CD4+ T cell help for endogenous, tumor-reactive CD8+ T cells.
Microbiome transplantation
The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for improving disease resistance, increasing weight gain, and reducing the incidence and/or severity of clinical signs of infection. The composition generally comprises one or more microorganisms that is administered to an animal in need thereof. Preferred infections that can be combated with the compositions and methods of this disclosure are respiratory infections including PRRSV and PCV2.
VACCINES AGAINST HEPATITIS B VIRUS
A pharmaceutical composition comprising at least two peptides of from 15 to 60 amino acids in length, selected from peptides comprising a sequence of at least 15 contiguous amino acids of one of the sequences shown in SEQ ID NOs: 1 to 4 or of a sequence having at least 80% identity to one of the sequences shown in SEQ ID NOs: to 4, wherein each peptide comprises at least one CD8+ T-cell epitope and/or at least one CD4+ T-cell epitope and wherein each peptide elicits a response in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from at least one chronically infected HBV individual in an 10 in vitroassay.
Anti-coagulation factor XI antibodies
Antibodies that bind the apple 3 domain of human coagulation Factor XI and inhibit activation of FXI by coagulation factor XIIa as well as activation of FIX by FXIa are described.
Recombinant RSV with silent mutations, vaccines, and methods related thereto
In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to the polynucleotide sequences of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to isolated or recombinant nucleic acids and polypeptides comprising desirable nucleic acid sequences and mutations disclosed herein. In certain embodiments, isolated or recombinant RSV comprising the nucleic acids and polypeptides disclosed herein (e.g., attenuated recombinant RSV) are also provided, as are immunogenic compositions including such nucleic acids, polypeptides, and RSV genomes that are suitable for use as vaccines. Attenuated or killed RSV containing these nucleic acids and mutation in the form of copied nucleic acids (e.g., cDNAs) are also contemplated.
COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF FOR TREATMENT OR PREVENTION OF CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH HYPERPROLIFERATIVE CELLULAR DIVISION, DIABETES, IMMUNODEFICIENCY DISEASES, ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE OR AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES, AND TESTING SYSTEM AND METHOD
The present invention is directed to compositions, kits, and methods for the treatment of conditions associated with hyperproliferative cellular division, such as cancer, diabetes, pre-diabetes, conditions associated with diabetes or pre-diabetes, immune deficiency disease or disorder, conditions associated with the immune deficiency disease or disorder, Alzheimer's disease and conditions associated with Alzheimer's disease, and/or an autoimmune disease and conditions associated with autoimmune diseases. One aspect provides a composition extracted from a biological fluid, such as plasma, from an animal inoculated with an antigenic agent, such as an Ascomyceta (e.g., Aspergillus). One aspect provides for a method of producing such composition. One aspect provides a method for treating conditions associated with hyperproliferative cellular division, diabetes, pre-diabetes, conditions associated with diabetes or pre-diabetes, immune deficiency disease or disorder, or conditions associated with immune deficiency disease or disorder, Alzheimer's disease or conditions associated with Alzheimer's disease, or an autoimmune disease or conditions associated with autoimmune diseases, by administering such a composition to a subject in need thereof.
<i>Neisseria meningitidis </i>composition and methods thereof
In one aspect, the invention relates to a non-lipidated and non-pyruvylated Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B polypeptide and methods of use thereof. In another aspect, the invention relates to an immunogenic composition including an isolated non-lipidated, non-pyruvylated ORF2086 polypeptide from Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B, and at least one conjugated capsular saccharide from a meningococcal serogroup, and methods of use thereof.
Multi-CBV vaccine for preventing or treating type 1 diabetes
The invention is directed to a vaccine comprising: i) coxsackie B virus CBV1 and CBV2, and ii) at least one coxsackie B virus selected from CBV3, CBV4, CBV5 and CBV6. The CBVs are present in the vaccine in inactivated form, in the form of a component of the virus or as an antibody against the virus. The vaccine is effective in preventing and treating type 1 diabetes. So is an anti-coxsackie B virus composition provided.
ZIKA VIRUS IMMUNOGENIC COMPOSITIONS
Provided herein are immunogenic compositions for the prevention of Zika virus infections. Disclosed herein are immunogenic compositions comprising an expression vector and a nucleotide sequence disposed therein, wherein the nucleotide sequence comprises: a nucleotide sequence encoding a Zika virus NS3 protein. Further disclosed herein are methods for preventing a Zika virus infection in a subject in need thereof, the method comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of an immunogenic composition of the present disclosure to the subject.
Anti-coagulation factor XI antibodies
Antibodies that bind the apple 3 domain of human coagulation Factor XI and inhibit activation of FXI by coagulation factor XIIa as well as activation of FIX by FXIa are described.