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Smoking Cessation Lighter and Method

A lighter for tobacco products suppresses the urge to smoke by operant conditioning.

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Assignee: Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.


Location: Cheshire, CT
No. of patents: 29

NumberTitleIssue Date
8075884Antibodies to OX-2/CD200 and uses thereof
This application provides methods and compositions for modulating and/or depleting CD200 positive cells. ...
12/13/2011
8067167Hybrid antibodies
Hybrid antibodies and/or hybrid antibody fragments and methods of making them are provided. In one embodiment the hybrid antibodies and/or hybrid antibody fragments contain heavy and/or light variable regions that contain two or more framework regions derived from a...
11/29/2011
7927817Hybrid antibodies
Hybrid antibodies and/or hybrid antibody fragments and methods of making them are provided. In one embodiment the hybrid antibodies and/or hybrid antibody fragments contain heavy and/or light variable regions that contain two or more framework regions derived from a...
04/19/2011
7915000Polypeptides and antibodies derived from chronic lymphocytic leukemia cells and uses thereof
Small animal models for assessing immunomodulatory effects of compounds are provided. ...
03/29/2011
RE42130Phagemid vectors
Phagemid vectors containing a sequence of features between a Col E1 origin and an f1 origin are useful for display of polypeptides or proteins, including antibody libraries. ...
02/08/2011
RE41365Nested oligonucleotides containing a hairpin for nucleic acid amplification
Templates that are engineered to contain a predetermined sequence and a hairpin structure are provided by a nested oligonucleotide extension reaction. The engineered template allows Single Primer Amplification (SPA) to amplify a target sequence within the engineered...
06/01/2010
7714110Polypeptides and antibodies derived from chronic lymphocytic leukemia cells and uses thereof
Cancer treatments use a therapy that: 1) interferes with the interaction between CD200 and its receptor to block immune suppression thereby promoting eradication of the cancer cells; and 2) directly kills the cancer cells either by complement-mediated or antibody-de...
05/11/2010
7598353Polypeptides and antibodies derived from chronic lymphocytic leukemia cells and uses thereof
Cancer treatments use a therapy that: 1) interferes with the interaction between CD200 and its receptor to block immune suppression thereby promoting eradication of the cancer cells; and 2) directly kills the cancer cells either by complement-mediated or antibody-de...
10/06/2009
7598030Antibodies against cancer produced using masked cancer cells as immunogen
This disclosure relates to methods for selecting antibodies having desirable characteristics from a population of diverse antibodies. More specifically, this disclosure provides methods for identifying antibodies which bind to cancer cells, but which do not bind to ...
10/06/2009
7482435Rationally designed antibodies
Antibodies or fragments thereof having CDR regions replaced or fused with biologically active peptides are described. Flanking sequences may optionally be attached at one or both the carboxy-terminal and amino-terminal ends of the peptide in covalent association wit...
01/27/2009
7435412Chronic lymphocytic leukemia cell line
The preparation and characterization of antibodies that bind to antigens on CLL or other cancer cells, especially to antigens upregulated in the cancer cells, and the identification and characterization of antigens present on or upregulated by cancer cells are usefu...
10/14/2008
7427665Chronic lymphocytic leukemia cell line
A CLL line, CLL-AAT, and the preparation and characterization of antibodies using said cell line is disclosed. ...
09/23/2008
7414111Engineered templates and their use in single primer amplification
Methods of amplifying nucleic acid have now been discovered which include the steps of: a) annealing a primer to a template nucleic acid sequence, the primer having a first portion which anneals to the template and a second portion of predetermined sequence; b) synt...
08/19/2008
7408041Polypeptides and antibodies derived from chronic lymphocytic leukemia cells and uses thereof
Cancer treatments use a therapy that: 1) interferes with the interaction between CD200 and its receptor to block immune suppression thereby promoting eradication of the cancer cells; and 2) directly kills the cancer cells either by complement-mediated or antibody-de...
08/05/2008
7405279Chimeric proteins for diagnosis and treatment of diabetes
Novel chimeric fusion proteins comprising immunodominant epitopes of GAD and insulin are provided. Also provided are immunomodulatory methods for the use of such proteins for both the prevention and treatment of Type 1 diabetes mellitus. The chimeric fusion proteins...
07/29/2008
7399594Hybrid antibodies
Hybrid antibodies and/or hybrid antibody fragments and methods of making them are provided. In one embodiment the hybrid antibodies and/or hybrid antibody fragments contain heavy and/or light variable regions that contain two or more framework regions derived from a...
07/15/2008
7396917Rationally designed antibodies
Antibodies or fragments thereof having at least two CDR regions replaced or fused with biologically active peptides are described. Compositions containing such antibodies or fragments thereof are useful in therapeutic and diagnostic modalities. ...
07/08/2008
7393648Hybrid antibodies
Hybrid antibodies and/or hybrid antibody fragments and methods of making them are provided. In one embodiment the hybrid antibodies and/or hybrid antibody fragments contain heavy and/or light variable regions that contain two or more framework regions derived from a...
07/01/2008
7384915Chimeric insulin-gad proteins for treating patients with type 1 diabetes or at risk of developing type 1 diabetes
Novel chimeric fusion proteins comprising immunodominant epitopes of GAD and insulin are provided. Also provided are immunomodulatory methods for the use of such proteins for both the prevention and treatment of Type 1 diabetes mellitus. The chimeric fusion proteins...
06/10/2008
7361339Methods for reducing morality associated with acute myocardial infarction
Methods of reducing mortality in myocardial infarction patients receiving a stent in connection with percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty include administering an anti-inflammatory compound to the patient. In one embodiment, the anti-inflammatory compound ...
04/22/2008
7306906Engineered templates and their use in single primer amplification
Methods of amplifying nucleic acid have now been discovered which include the steps of: a) annealing a primer to a template nucleic acid sequence, the primer having a first portion which anneals to the template and a second portion of predetermined sequence; b) synt...
12/11/2007
7279158Methods for the treatment of inflammatory joint disease
The use of compounds that block complement component C5 or its active fragments C5a and/or C5b (such compounds collectively referred to as “C5 blockers”) to treat established joint inflammation (arthritis) is disclosed. Administration of such C5 bl...
10/09/2007
7041503Modified myelin basic protein molecules
Compositions and methods are provided for the clinical assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of multiple sclerosis. The compositions of the invention are molecules related to the 21.5 kDa fetal isoform of human myelin basic protein, and include nucleic acids and poly...
05/09/2006
6982323Chimeric proteins for diagnosis and treatment of diabetes
Novel chimeric fusion proteins comprising immunodominant epitopes of GAD and insulin are provided. Also provided are immunomodulatory methods for the use of such proteins for both the prevention and treatment of Type 1 diabetes mellitus. The chimeric fusion proteins...
01/03/2006
6919189Nested oligonucleotides containing a hairpin for nucleic acid amplification
Templates that are engineered to contain a predetermined sequence and a hairpin structure are provided by a nested oligonucleotide extension reaction. The engineered template allows Single Primer Amplification (SPA) to amplify a target sequence within the engineered...
07/19/2005
6803230Phagemid vectors
Phagemid vectors containing a sequence of features between a Col E1 origin and an f1 origin are useful for display of polypeptides or proteins, including antibody libraries. ...
10/12/2004
6498285Methods for producing transgenic pigs by microinjecting a blastomere
A transgenic large mammal is produced by a method including the steps of obtaining one or more early embryos, selectively preparing an embryo having at least three cells, and preferably at a stage in development corresponding in time to the onset of trans...
12/24/2002
6355245C5-specific antibodies for the treatment of inflammatory diseases
The use of anti-C5 antibodies, e.g., monoclonal antibodies, to treat glomerulonephritis (GN) is disclosed. The administration of such antibodies at low dosage levels has been found to significantly reduce glomerular inflammation/enlargement and other path...
03/12/2002
6338820Apparatus for performing assays at reaction sites
An apparatus for performing a assays includes an axially rotatable substrate including a plurality of layers of a semiconductor material and numerous radially-arrayed reaction sites. The apparatus further includes a rotary stepper motor which rotates the ...
01/15/2002
 
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