...that the Band-Aid Bandage was invented by a Johnson & Johnson employee whose wife had cut herself? Earl Dickson's wife was rather accident prone, so he set out to develop a bandage that she could apply without help. He placed a small piece of gauze in the center of a small piece of surgical tape, and what we know today as the Band Aid bandage was born!
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| 7217538 | : a gene, methods for making and using, and targeting it or its expression products for antifungal applications Disclosed and claimed is the CaESS1 gene, portions thereof such as primers or probes, expression products therefrom, and methods for using the gene, and expression products; for instance, for diagnostic, therapeutic or preventive compositions. ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7141372 | Universal RT-coupled PCR method for the specific amplification of mRNA The invention relates to a novel Universal RT-coupled PCR strategy for the specific detection and accurate quantitation of mRNA. Claimed and disclosed are novel Universal reverse transcription (RT) primers, a specific primer mix containing the Universal RT-primers, ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7129042 | Compositions and methods for detecting severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus The invention provides compositions and methods for detecting the presence of SARS-coronavirus, for screening anti-SARS coronavirus agents and vaccines, and for reducing infection with plus-strand RNA viruses such as SARS-coronavirus. ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 6699683 | Active site of human gamma glutamy hydrolase Provided is the active site of human gamma glutamyl hydrolase. The active site resides in amino acid residues 110, 171, 220 and 222 of SEQ ID NO:1. Thus provided is an inactive gamma glutamyl hydrolase protein, as well as a fragment thereof. A method of i... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6573077 | Active site of human gamma glutamyl hydrolase Provided is the active site of human gamma glutamyl hydrolase. The active site resides in amino acid residues 110, 171, 220 and 222 of SEQ ID NO:1. Thus provided is an inactive gamma glutamyl hydrolase protein, as well as a fragment thereof. A method of i... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6537753 | CaESS1: a Candida albicans gene, methods for making and using, and targeting it and its expression products for antifungal applications Disclosed and claimed is the CaESS1 gene, portions thereof such as primers or probes, expression products therefrom, and methods for using the gene, and expression products; for instance, for diagnostic, therapeutic or preventive compositions.... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6218515 | Cyclin E variants and use thereof The present invention is directed to nucleic acid molecules encoding a truncated human cyclin E protein, the truncated human cyclin E protein being a constitutively active form of human cyclin E protein. These truncated forms can be encoded by the nucleot... | 04/17/2001 |
| 5985658 | Calmodulin-based cell separation technique The invention provides a method for separating target cells from a plurality of cells which is based on a reversible high affinity interaction between two molecules. The method comprises: forming a target cell/cell binding reagent/first molecule/second mo... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5763219 | Cyclin E variants and use thereof The present invention is directed to nucleic acid molecules encoding a truncated human cyclin E protein, the truncated human cyclin E protein being a constitutively active form of human cyclin E protein. These truncated forms can be encoded by the nucleot... | 06/09/1998 |