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AAV.U7snRNA-Mediated Gene Therapy Vectors to Skip Exon 19 in Patients with DMD
TS-005791 — This invention represents an improved, precision‑based AAV.U7snRNA‑mediated exon‑skipping gene‑therapy platform targeting exon 19 of the DMD gene to treat Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophies.
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  • Inventors: Flanigan, Kevin; Gushchina, Liubov
  • Licensing Officer: Eidahl, Jocelyn

AAV.U7snRNA-Mediated Gene Therapy Vectors to Skip Exon 18 in Patients with DMD
TS-005790 — This novel AAV.U7snRNA‑mediated exon‑skipping gene‑therapy platform targets exon 18 of the DMD gene to treat Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophies. Unlike micro‑dystrophin approaches currently in clinical development, this strategy leverages antisense sequences embedded within optimized U7snRNA cassettes to modulate endogenous DMD splicing and restore native dystrophin expression.
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  • Inventors: Flanigan, Kevin; Gushchina, Liubov
  • Licensing Officer: Eidahl, Jocelyn

A Dual-Vector Ribozyme-Mediated Gene Therapy to Express a Highly Functional Dystrophin Lacking exons 19-44
TS-005705 — This dual‑AAV vector system is engineered to produce a highly functional dystrophin protein that mirrors the isoform observed in asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic individuals with naturally occurring deletions across exons 19–44. This approach represents a significant advance over current microdystrophin therapies, such as Elevidys, which have shown limited efficacy and safety issues in certain patient groups.
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  • Inventors: Flanigan, Kevin; Gushchina, Liubov; Patrick, Nehaal
  • Licensing Officer: Eidahl, Jocelyn

A Dual-Vector Ribozyme-Mediated Gene Therapy to Express a Highly Functional Dystrophin Lacking exons 20-50
TS-005704 — This dual‑AAV vector system is engineered to produce highly functional dystrophin protein equivalents found in asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic individuals with naturally occurring dystrophin exon deletions.
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  • Inventors: Flanigan, Kevin; Gushchina, Liubov; Patrick, Nehaal
  • Licensing Officer: Eidahl, Jocelyn

Developing a Gene Therapy for Desminopathy
TS-005662 — This new application to treat Desminopathy, a progressive muscle disease caused by mutations in the DES gene, uses a dual knockdown and replace approach with microRNA‑based tools to selectively suppress mutant DES mRNA while simultaneously delivering a healthy, codon‑optimized DES sequence via an AAV vector.
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  • Inventors: Gushchina, Liubov
  • Licensing Officer: Eidahl, Jocelyn

AAV.U7snRNA-mediated Gene Therapy Vectors to Skip Exon 33 in Patients with DMD.
TS-005615 — This innovation is a new Econ-skipping gene therapy strategy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) that targets exon 33 of the DMD gene. Previous viral DMD therapies rely on micro-dystrophins, which use engineered Isoforms that aren’t naturally expressed by humans, leading to uncertain long term safety and efficacy. To remedy this, development of an AAV-U7snRNA exon-2 skipping vector that restores full-length dystrophin has been demonstrated to be effective. Building on that success, this new innovation uses AAV vectors encoding antisense sequences designed to target exon 33. This is beneficial since it can be used in patients with any frame‑shift mutation affecting exon 33, enabling restoration of the open reading frame and production of a functional dystrophin protein lacking only a single exon.
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  • Inventors: Flanigan, Kevin; Gushchina, Liubov
  • Licensing Officer: Eidahl, Jocelyn

AAV.U7snRNA-mediated Gene Therapy Vectors to Skip Exon 10 in Patients with DMD.
TS-005608 — This alternative gene therapy strategy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) targets exon 10 of the DMD gene. A previously developed AAV‑U7snRNA exon‑2 skipping vector was able to successfully restore full‑length dystrophin expression in a mouse model of exon‑2 duplication and has since advanced into clinical trials with promising preliminary results. To hold on that research, this new model uses AAV constructs carrying antisense sequences targeting exon 10 of the DMD gene, delivered under the control of a mouse U7 promoter. These constructs have been tested in DMD patient‑derived FibroMyoD cell lines, demonstrating effective targeting of exon 10 with the goal of restoring an open reading frame and reestablishing expression of either full‑length or partially functional dystrophin. Thus serving as an alternative to micro‑dystrophin therapies and further expands the therapeutic potential of U7snRNA‑based exon skipping for a broader spectrum of dystrophin mutations.
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  • Inventors: Flanigan, Kevin; Gushchina, Liubov
  • Licensing Officer: Eidahl, Jocelyn

AAV.U7snRNA-mediated Gene Therapy Vectors to Skip Exon 11 in Patients with DMD.
TS-005607 — This novel exon-skipping gene therapy strategy for treating Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) targets exon 11 of the DMD gene. This method offers an alternative to conventional viral gene therapies that deliver engineered micro‑dystrophins. Previously developed AAV-U7snRNA exon-2 skipping therapies have already been developed and tested, so to build on this innovation, this new strategy identifies sequences within exon-11 and surrounding introns that can be targeted using antisense constructs encoded in optimized U7snRNA cassettes delivered by AAV vectors. These sequences enable therapeutic exon‑11 skipping to correct both single‑exon duplications, restoring a completely wild‑type dystrophin reading frame, and multi‑exon deletions, enabling expression of a partially functional dystrophin. Delivery is compatible with multiple AAV serotypes, including AAV1, AAV2, AAV5, AAV6, AAVrh74, AAV8, and AAV9, allowing broad clinical flexibility.
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  • Inventors: Flanigan, Kevin; Gushchina, Liubov
  • Licensing Officer: Eidahl, Jocelyn

AAV.U7snRNA-mediated Gene Therapy Vectors to Skip Exon 12 in Patients with DMD.
TS-005606 — This novel exon-skipping gene therapy strategy for treating Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) targets exon 12 of the DMD gene, allowing full restoration of the native reading frame and facilitating expression of a full length dystrophin protein in single-exon duplication. In multi-exon deletions, skipping exon 12 can revitalize a functional open reading frame to produce a partially functional dystrophin, potentially with higher expression levels than current antisense oligonucleotide therapies. Building on prior success with an AAV.U7snRNA exon‑2 skipping therapy, the new IP identifies specific exon‑12 and intronic sequences within the DMD locus suitable for therapeutic exon skipping, incorporates these into optimized U7snRNA (SmOpt) cassettes, and enables expression via diverse AAV serotypes including AAV1, AAV2, AAV5, AAV6, AAVrh74, AAV8, AAV9, and myotropic variants.
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  • Inventors: Flanigan, Kevin; Gushchina, Liubov
  • Licensing Officer: Eidahl, Jocelyn

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