| Sangamo BioSciences, Inc. Patent applications |
| Patent application number | Title | Published |
| 20120017290 | Genome editing of a Rosa locus using zinc-finger nucleases - Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for genome editing of a | 01-19-2012 |
| 20110306559 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING NEUROPATHIC PAIN - Compositions and methods for the treatment of neuropathic pain are provided. Compositions of the invention may comprise proteins with a zinc-finger domain fused to a regulatory domain that is capable of either activating or repressing the expression of a target gene involved in neuropathic pain. Alternatively, compositions of the invention may comprise a nucleic acid sequence encoding a protein of the invention, which nucleic acid sequence may optionally be provided as a plasmid or within a virus or other vector for delivery to a target cell or tissue. Methods of treating neuropathic pain involving treatment of subject with the compositions of the invention are also provided. Exemplary target genes for the treatment of neuropathic pain include VR1, NaV | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110189775 | Targeted genomic alteration - Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for targeted integration and/or targeted excision of one or more sequences into a cell, for example, for expression of one or more polypeptides of interest. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110167521 | Engineered zinc finger proteins targeting plant genes involved in fatty acid biosynthesis - The present disclosure relates to engineered zinc finger proteins that target genes in plants involved in fatty acid biosynthesis. Methods of using such zinc finger proteins in modulating gene expression, gene inactivation, and targeted gene modification are also provided. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110158957 | Targeted disruption of T cell receptor genes using engineered zinc finger protein nucleases - Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for inactivating TCR genes, using zinc finger nucleases (ZFNs) comprising a zinc finger protein and a cleavage domain or cleavage half-domain in conditions able to preserve cell viability. Polynucleotides encoding ZFNs, vectors comprising polynucleotides encoding ZFNs and cells comprising polynucleotides encoding ZFNs and/or cells comprising ZFNs are also provided. Disclosed herein are also methods and compositions for expressing a functional exogenous TCR in the absence of endogenous TCR expression in T lymphocytes, including lymphocytes with a central memory phenotype. Polynucleotides encoding exogenous TCR, vectors comprising polynucleotides encoding exogenous TCR and cells comprising polynucleotides encoding exogenous TCR and/or cells comprising exogenous TCR are also provided. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110027235 | Targeted integration into stem cells - Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for targeted integration of sequences of interest such as lineage-specific or cell fate reporter constructs or protein encoding sequences into stem cells. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20100218264 | Genome editing in rats using zinc-finger nucleases - Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for genome editing of one or more loci in a rat, using fusion proteins comprising a zinc-finger protein and a cleavage domain or cleavage half-domain. Polynucleotides encoding said fusion proteins are also provided, as are cells comprising said polynucleotides and fusion proteins. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100199389 | Targeted integration into the Zp15 locus - Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for targeted integration of an exogenous sequence into a plant Zp15 locus, for example, for expression of a polypeptide of interest. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100093838 | REGULATION OF ANGIOGENESIS WITH ZINC FINGER PROTEINS - Provided herein are a variety of methods and compositions for regulating angiogenesis, such methods and compositions being useful in a variety of applications where modulation of vascular formation is useful, including, but not limited to, treatments for ischemia and wound healing. Certain of the methods and compositions accomplish this by using various zinc finger proteins that bind to particular target sites in one or more VEGF genes. Nucleic acids encoding the zinc finger proteins are also disclosed. Methods for modulating the expression of one or more VEGF genes with the zinc finger proteins and nucleic acids are also disclosed. Such methods can also be utilized in a variety of therapeutic applications that involve the regulation of endothelial cell growth. Pharmaceutical compositions including the zinc finger proteins or nucleic acids encoding them are also provided. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20090215878 | TREATMENT OF CHRONIC PAIN WITH ZINC FINGER PROTEINS - A variety of zinc finger proteins (ZFPs) and methods utilizing such proteins are provided for use in treating chronic pain. ZFPs that bind to a target site in genes that are aberrantly expressed in subjects having chronic pain are described. In addition, ZFPs that bind to a target site in genes expressed at normal levels in subjects experiencing chronic pain, modulation of whose expression results in decreased pain perception, are also provided. For example, genes that are over-expressed in the dorsal root ganglia (DRG) of pain patients (e.g., Nav1.8) can be repressed. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090203140 | Genomic editing in zebrafish using zinc finger nucleases - Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for genomic editing of one or more genes in zebrafish, using fusion proteins comprising a zinc finger protein and a cleavage domain or cleavage half-domain. Polynucleotides encoding said fusion proteins are also provided, as are cells comprising said polynucleotides and fusion proteins. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090111188 | Optimized non-canonical zinc finger proteins - Disclosed herein are zinc fingers comprising CCHC zinc coordinating residues. Also described are zinc finger proteins and fusion proteins comprising these CCHC zinc fingers as well as polynucleotides encoding these proteins. Methods of using these proteins for gene editing and gene regulation are also described. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090069259 | Treatment of neuropathic pain with zinc finger proteins - A variety of zinc finger proteins (ZFPs) and methods utilizing such proteins are provided for use in treating neuropathic pain. ZFPs that bind to a target site in genes that are aberrantly expressed in subjects having neuropathic pain are described. In addition, ZFPs that bind to a target site in genes expressed at normal levels in subjects experiencing neuropathic pain, modulation of whose expression results in decreased pain perception, are also provided. For example, genes that are over-expressed in the dorsal root ganglia (DRG) of pain patients (e.g., VR1, TRKA and/or Nav1.8) can be repressed, whereas genes that are under-expressed in the same populations can be activated. | 03-12-2009 |