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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7083979 | Methods for enhanced retroviral-mediated gene transfer A method to increase the efficiency of transduction of hematopoietic and other cells by retroviruses includes infecting the cells in the presence of fibronectin or fibronectin fragments. The fibronectin and fibronectin fragments significantly enhance retroviral-medi... | 08/01/2006 |
| 6455499 | Methods for treating disorders associated with LHRH activity Methods of treating a subject having a disorder associated with LHRH activity are disclosed.... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6399300 | Myocardial grafts and cellular compositions useful for same Described are preferred myocardial grafts of skeletal myoblasts or cardiomyocytes, and cellular compositions and methods useful in obtaining the grafts. The myocardial grafts are stable and can be used, for example, to deliver recombinant proteins directl... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6159934 | Use of GHRH-RP to stimulate stem cell factor production Described are novel uses of GHRH-RP polypeptides for specifically activating Sertoli cell expression of stem cell factor and promoting spermatogenesis and fertility, and for inhibiting GHRH-RP activity to decrease or eliminate spermatogenesis and fertilit... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6143289 | Compositions of myeloid-cell-suppressive chemokines Described are preferred processes for suppressing proliferation of or for myeloprotecting myeloid cells in mammals. The processes involve the use of chemokines of the group Macrophage Inflammatory Protein-2 (MIP-2), Platelet Factor 4 (PF4), ... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6064180 | Method and apparatus for determining battery state-of-charge using neural network architecture A neural network characterized by a minimal architecture suitable for implementation in conventional microprocessor battery pack monitoring hardware includes linear and non-linear processing elements and battery parameter measurements representative of re... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6033907 | Enhanced virus-mediated DNA transfer A method to increase the efficiency of transduction of hematopoietic and other cells by retroviruses includes infecting the cells in the presence of fibronectin or fibronectin fragments. The fibronectin and fibronectin fragments significantly enhance retr... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6015671 | Myocardial grafts and cellular compositions Described are preferred myocardial grafts of skeletal myoblasts or cardiomyocytes, and cellular compositions and methods useful in obtaining the grafts. The myocardial grafts are stable and can be used, for example, to deliver recombinant proteins directl... | 01/18/2000 |
| 5972380 | Aminophospholipid compositions and uses thereof Described are reversibly N-acylated phosphotidylserine and phosphatidylethanolamine derivatives which are useful as caged aminophospholipids. Also described are pharmaceutical preparations containing pH-sensitive liposomes formed with the caged amino... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5932432 | Expression library screen by prenylation of expressed proteins Described is a novel in vitro method for obtaining and identifying proteins which, in their natural in vivo setting, are covalently modified after translation. To identify novel isoprenylated proteins for subsequent biochemical study, colony blots of a Gl... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5879883 | Method for screening for alzheimer's disease Method for screening for risk of Alzheimer's disease involve assaying for a guanine to thymine substitution at position 1924 of the gene encoding the human amyloid precursor protein. Also described are transgenic mammals harboring an expressable gene sequ... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5849869 | Delta fragments and derivatives and methods based thereon The present invention relates to nucleotide sequences of the Delta genes, and amino acid sequence of the encoded protein, fragments and derivatives which retain binding activity are also provided.... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5840059 | Therapeutic and diagnostic agent delivery A system for treating a patient's heart which comprises a means to form channels in the heart wall and a means to deliver a therapeutic or diagnostic agent into the channels. Additionally, the system may comprise a way to retain the agent within the chann... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5810850 | Apparatus and method for positive closure of an internal tissue membrane opening The invention provides a device having two components: a needle advancing apparatus slidable longitudinally along a catheter to advance needles into a tissue membrane, such as a blood vessel wall, around an opening in the membrane; and, a suture retrieval... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5797870 | Pericardial delivery of therapeutic and diagnostic agents A method for treating a patient's heart which comprising delivering a gene therapy agent into the pericardial sac around the patient's heart. The agent is introduced surgically or by transvascular means such as a catheter which has been introduced percuta... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5779949 | Conversion of lead-contaminated soil into ceramic products A process is provided for converting lead-contaminated soil to commercially-useful ceramic shapes, in which the lead is covalently-bonded and from which it does not leach. The soil is mixed with conventional brick or tile fabricating ingredients to form a... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5770966 | Area-efficient implication circuits for very dense lukasiewicz logic arrays A one-diode circuit for negated implication (~.fwdarw.) is derived from a 12-transistor Lukasiewicz implication circuit (.fwdarw.). The derivation also yields an adjustable three-transistor implication circuit with maximum error less than 1% of full scale... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5767075 | Inhibiting protein interactions Disclosed is a method of evaluating an anti-proliferative compound by contacting the compound with a Raf and determining its ability to bind to Ras, and methods of inhibiting cell proliferation in an animal by administering a compound which reduces the in... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5767298 | Aminophospholipid compositions and uses thereof Described are reversibly N-acylated phosphotidylserine and phosphatidylethanolamine derivatives which are useful as caged aminophospholipids. Also described are pharmaceutical preparations containing pH-sensitive liposomes formed with the caged amino... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5763571 | Inhibiting protein interactions Disclosed are Ras-binding peptides and peptide mimetics thereof which inhibit the direct binding of Ras with Raf and contain an amino acid sequence with 80-100% identity to the sequence of specific Raf fragments.... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5736337 | Inhibiting protein interactions Disclosed is a method of evaluating an anti-proliferative compound by contacting the compound with a Raf and determining its ability to bind to Ras, and methods of inhibiting cell proliferation in an animal by administering a compound which reduces the in... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5733727 | Myocardial grafts and cellular compositions Described are preferred myocardial grafts of skeletal myoblasts or cardiomyocytes, and cellular compositions and methods useful in obtaining the grafts. The myocardial grafts are stable and can be used, for example, to deliver recombinant proteins directl... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5728115 | Perfusion clamp A renal perfusion clamp which is capable of opening to 180 degrees. The perfusion damp of the present invention additionally allows for interchange of variously sized clamp heads in order to accommodate aortic cuffs of various sizes. The perfusion clamp p... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5728377 | Methods and compositions incorporating IP-10 The present invention discloses the correct processing of IP-10, a myelosuppressive protein produced by certain cells such as keratinocytes, monocytes and human endothelial cells upon stimulation by γ-interferon. Also disclosed is a method of treating hu... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5720757 | Apparatus and method for positive closure of an internal tissue membrane opening The invention provides a device having two components: a needle advancing apparatus slidable longitudinally along a catheter to advance needles into a tissue membrane, such as a blood vessel wall, around an opening in the membrane; and, a suture retrieval... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5714361 | Phosphatase/phosphodiesterase enzyme inhibitors and methods Described are preferred suicide inhibitors of phosphatase or phosphodiesterase enzymes, and methods for preparing halo enol phosphates which can serve as such suicide inhibitors.... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5712479 | Spatial-velocity correlation focusing in time-of-flight mass spectrometry An apparatus and method for minimizing ion peak width measurements in a time-of-flight mass spectrometer to thereby minimize the effects of initial ion position distributions and initial ion velocity distributions on the mass resolution of the spectromete... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5705581 | Fluoride ion releasing dental materials Described are novel fluoride ion-releasing acrylic or methacrylic acid-based monomers, fluoride ion-releasing dental resin materials prepared from the monomers, and processes for preparing the monomers and dental resin materials. The monomers of the inven... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5686278 | Methods for enhanced retrovirus-mediated gene transfer A method to increase the efficiency of transduction of hematopoietic cells by retroviruses includes infecting the cells in the presence of fibronectin or fibronectin fragments. The fibronectin and fibronectin fragments significantly enhance retroviral-med... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5679511 | CDNA clones for a regulatory protein in the melanin-production pathway The present invention started when a λgt11 cDNA library of normal human melanocytes was screened with antibodies directed against purified hamster tyrosinase. Two important cDNA clones were isolated: cDNA λmel 34 and λmel 17-1. It is concluded that λm... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5679701 | Derivatives of ryanodine and dehydroryanodine Novel O10eq -derivatives of ryanodine and dehydroryanodine characterized as binding strongly to ryanodine receptor, useful in affecting Ca++ efflux in tissue and also in isolating ryanodine receptor from sarcoplasmic reticulum. Also ... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5672346 | Human stem cell compositions and methods Disclosed are human pluripotent hematopoietic stem cell (PHSC) enriched compositions and methods for obtaining and using the compositions. A substantially homogeneous population of human hematopoietic cells characterized as CD34+, HLA-DR- | 09/30/1997 |
| 5652336 | Polymer-bound mixed carboxylic anhydrides as a stable form of activated carboxylic acids Polymer-bound mixed carboxylic anhydrides can be prepared under mild conditions by the condensation of carboxylic acids (including N-protected amino acids) with polymer-bound acid chlorides. These mixed anhydrides function as polymeric reagents in the sen... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5649911 | Intravenous catheter and delivery system A catheter assembly comprising a needle received within a catheter. The needle has a solid tip and a hole in the cylindrical wall of the needle that communicates with the internal passageway of the needle. The needle is received within the lumen of the ca... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5639840 | Fluoride ion releasing dental materials Described are novel fluoride ion-releasing acrylic or methacrylic acid-based monomers, fluoride ion-releasing dental resin materials prepared from the monomers, and processes for preparing the monomers and dental resin materials. The monomers of the inven... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5639712 | Therapeutic quassinoid preparations with antineoplastic, antiviral, and herbistatic activity Quassinoid compounds, compositions, and methods of using them for treating cells and solid tumors, and inhibiting plant growth. The quassinoid derivatives herein are 11,20-epoxy-1,11,12-trihydroxypicras-3-ene-2,16 diones: ##STR1##... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5618518 | Methods and compositions for use against dental calculus in domestic animals A chew product useful against the build-up of dental calculus on the teeth of animals contains an amount of sodium hexametaphosphate effective to reduce the development of dental calculus. The chew product in one embodiment is prepared by soaking the prod... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5614711 | Time-of-flight mass spectrometer A novel, time-of-flight mass spectrometer for the qualitative and quantitative analysis of elemental, molecular, and isotopic chemical samples is provided which offers increased sensitivity, speed of analysis, resolving power, and signal-to-noise ratios t... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5610010 | Process and apparatus for fragmenting biomaterials Described is an improved process for fragmenting a biomaterial and isolating and recovering a component thereof. The preferred improved process includes the step of performing the fragmentation by nebulizing a liquid medium containing the biomaterial. A p... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5602301 | Non-human mammal having a graft and methods of delivering protein to myocardial tissue Described are preferred myocardial grafts of skeletal myoblasts or cardiomyocytes, and cellular compositions and methods useful in obtaining the grafts. The myocardial grafts are stable and can be used, for example, to deliver recombinant proteins directl... | 02/11/1997 |
