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Generation of mutant mouse alleles that functionally disrupt production of BDNF from its ndividual promoters

This technology relates to a mouse model that improves an existing method of disrupting the production of the BDNF protein in specific parts of the brain. A current avenue of research seeks to examine how gene expression may effect long-lasting changes in the nervous system. Previous work has resulted in a mouse line in which the production of BDNF...

Published: 7/25/2024 | Inventor(s): Keri Martinowich

Keywords(s): ALLELES, AXXXXX, BDNF, DISRUPT, FUNCTIONALLY, Generation, Indiividual, Mouse, MUTANT, NC4XXX, NCXXXX, production, PROMOTERS, That, VEXXXX, WIXXXX, XEXXXX

Category(s): TherapeuticArea > Neurology, Application > Research Materials, Application > Therapeutics

Safer Attenuated Virus Vaccines with Missing or Diminished Latency of Infection

This technology describes recombinant viruses that have weakened ability to establish and/or maintain latency and their use as live vaccines. The viruses have one or more genetic mutations that allow for continued replication but that inhibit latency. The vaccine materials and methods for their construction are exemplified with the virus that causes...

Published: 7/25/2024 | Inventor(s): Lesley Pesnicak, Edward Cox, Jeffrey Cohen

Keywords(s): BUT, chickenpox, DC5BXX, DC5XXX, DCXXXX, DXXXXX, Impaired, Latency, MUTANT, Patent Category - Biotechnology, REPLICATION, UAXXXX, Vaccine, VARICELLA-ZOSTER

Category(s): Collaboration Sought > Licensing, TherapeuticArea > Infectious Disease, TherapeuticArea > Rare / Neglected Diseases, Application > Vaccines

Zuma Mutant Mice as a Tool for Investigating Mammalian Developmental Defects

In vertebrates, mutations in different ribosomal protein subunits result in a variety of phenotypes, suggesting unique and perhaps extra-ribosomal functions for these proteins. Diamond-Blackfan Anemia (DBA) is a ribosomal protein disease, in which the bone marrow fails to produce red blood cells. NHGRI investigators recently generated a mouse line with...

Published: 7/25/2024 | Inventor(s): Dawn Watkins-Chow, William ("Bill") Pavan

Keywords(s): 57, anemia, CAUSING, DEFECTS, Development, Diamond-Biackfan, INVESTIGATING, MAMMALIAN, Mouse, MUTANT, Protein, Ribosomal, RPS7, RXXXXX, Small, Such, THOSE, Tool

Category(s): Collaboration Sought > Collaboration, Application > Research Materials

Conditional V2 Vasopressin Receptor Mutant Mice as a Model to Study X-linked Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus (XNDI)

X-linked nephrogenic diabetes insipidus (XNDI) is a severe kidney disease caused by inactivating mutations in the V2 vasopressin receptor (V2R) gene that result in the loss of renal urine-concentrating ability. At present, no specific pharmacological therapy has been developed for XNDI, primarily due to the lack of suitable animal models. This technology...

Published: 7/25/2024 | Inventor(s): Jurgen Wess

Keywords(s): ACXXXX, AXXXXX, Chromosome 7, monosomy, Conditional, Deletion 7, DIABETES, Insipidus, Mice, MUTANT, Nephrogenic, Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus, Novel, RECEPTOR, RXXXXX, STRATEGY, Studied, treatment, V2, VASOPRESSIN, X-LINKED

Category(s): Collaboration Sought > Collaboration, Collaboration Sought > Licensing, Collaboration Sought > Materials Available, Application > Research Materials

A Varicella-Zoster Virus Mutant that is Markedly Impaired for Latent Infection Available for the Development of Shingles Vaccines and Diagnostics

Reactivation of latent Varicella-Zoster virus (VZV) infection is the cause of shingles, which is prominent in adults over the age of 60 and individuals who have compromised immune systems, due to HIV infection, cancer treatment and/or transplant. Shingles is a worldwide health concern that affects approximately 600,000 Americans each year. The incidence...

Published: 7/25/2024 | Inventor(s): Lesley Pesnicak, Jeffrey Cohen

Keywords(s): DA4BXX, DA4XXX, DAXXXX, DC5BXX, DC5XXX, DCXXXX, DXXXXX, imparied latency, Infection, Latent, MUTANT, ORF29 mutant, Varicella Zoster, VARICELLA-ZOSTER, virus

Category(s): Collaboration Sought > Collaboration, Collaboration Sought > Licensing, TherapeuticArea > Infectious Disease, Application > Diagnostics, Application > Vaccines