Felix Hoffmann, a German chemist, was searching for something to relieve his father's arthritis. In doing so, he "rediscovered" acetylsalicylic acid and in 1900, patented a stable process for developing it. Hence, we have aspirin.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7939525 | Conjugated psychotropic drugs and uses thereof Novel chemical conjugates of psychotropic drugs and organic acids, uses thereof in the treatment of psychotic and/or proliferative disorders and diseases and as chemosensitizing agents, and their syntheses are disclosed. The organic acids are selected to reduce side... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7776551 | Methods and kits for diagnosing and treating mental retardation The present invention provides methods, kits, isolated nucleic acid sequences, antibodies and addressable oligonucleotides microarrays which can be for analyzing sequence alterations and detecting the expression level of CC2D1A or nup62 in cells of an individual and... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7741065 | Non-invasive marker for liver function and disease A monoclonal antibody or fragment thereof, capable of specifically binding to at least one epitope of sH2a and/or being elicited by at least one epitope, and assays, kits, and methods of use thereof diagnosing liver disease or condition, detecting liver function and... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7684844 | System for and method of positioning cells and determining cellular activity thereof A device for positioning at least one cell in at least one addressable position, the device comprising a substrate (12) formed with at least one addressable pore (14) and at least one channel (16) embedded in the substrate and being held in flui... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7676091 | Method and apparatus for analysing ultrasound images A method of improving an image or a set of images, by transforming an intensity histogram thereof is disclosed. The method comprises: (a) fitting the intensity histogram to a sum of a plurality of localized functions; (b) using the plurality of localized functions t... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7659065 | Transgenic fungi expressing Bcl-2 and methods of using Bcl-2 or portions thereof for improving biomass production, survival, longevity and stress resistance of fungi Methods for enhancing growth in fungi and, more particularly, transgenic fungi expressing the Bcl-2 gene having improved biomass production, survival, longevity and stress resistance in solid and liquid culture are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of using the ... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7653646 | Method and apparatus for quantum clustering A method of determining clusters of data within a dataset, the dataset is represented by a plurality of multidimensional data entries, the method comprises (a) spanning a space, represented by a plurality of points; (b) determining a density function over the space;... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7625707 | Antibacterial agents and methods of identifying and utilizing same A method of identifying a molecule capable of inducing death of a bacterial cell which includes exposing toxin and antitoxin polypeptides of a toxin-antitoxin pair produced by the bacterial cell to a plurality of molecules, and identifying a molecule of the pluralit... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7623912 | Method, apparatus and system for characterizing sleep A method of determining sleep stages from signals of electrical activity recorded of a chest of a sleeping subject, the signals being measured over a plurality of epochs. The method comprising: (a) extracting a series of cardiac R-R intervals from the signals and ob... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7619006 | Conjugated psychotropic drugs and uses thereof Novel chemical conjugates of psychotropic drugs and organic acids, uses thereof in the treatment of psychotic and/or proliferative disorders and diseases and as chemosensitizing agents, and their syntheses are disclosed. The organic acids are selected to reduce side... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7598239 | Conjugated psychotropic drugs and uses thereof Novel chemical conjugates of psychotropic drugs and organic acids, uses thereof in the treatment of psychotic and/or proliferative disorders and diseases and as chemosensitizing agents, and their syntheses are disclosed. The organic acids are selected to reduce side... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7573270 | Radiofrequency magnetic field resonator and a method of designing the same A radiofrequency (RF) resonator for magnetic resonance analysis, the RF resonator comprising: (a) at least two conductive elements, each having a first curvature along a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal axis, the at least two conductive elements being space... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7560250 | Soluble fusion proteins comprising heterologous polypeptides A soluble fusion protein is disclosed. The soluble fusion protein comprises at least one soluble polypeptide and a heterologous polypeptide being fused thereto, the heterologous polypeptide being normally insoluble and/or suboptimally expressed when expressed in a c... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7544681 | Conjugated psychotropic drugs and uses thereof Novel chemical conjugates of psychotropic drugs and organic acids, uses thereof in the treatment of psychotic and/or proliferative disorders and diseases and as chemosensitizing agents, and their syntheses are disclosed. The organic acids are selected to reduce side... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7528110 | Anti-allergic complex molecules The present invention discloses novel anti-allergic complex molecules, and in particular, peptidic or peptidomimetic molecules, that includes a first part which is competent for cell penetration and a second part which is able to reduce or abolish mast cell degranul... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7524929 | Optoelectronic device and method of fabricating the same A modified isolated polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence encoding a photocatalytic unit of a photosynthetic organism being capable of covalent attachment to a solid surface and having a photocatalytic activity when attached thereto is disclosed. ... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7504383 | Peptide nanostructures encapsulating a foreign material and method of manufacturing same A composition comprising a material at least partially enclosed by a tubular, spherical or planar nanostructure composed of a plurality of peptides, wherein each of the plurality of peptides includes no more than 4 amino acids and whereas at least one of the 4 amino... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7489814 | Method of and device for modulating a dynamic range of still and video images A method of modulating a dynamic range of a plurality of picture elements each containing image information. The method comprises: (a) inputting the plurality of picture elements and extracting, from the image information of a picture element of the plurality of pic... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7473682 | Angiogenic peptides and uses thereof A peptide comprising an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 or 12 is provided. The peptide being at least 6 and no more than 50 amino acid residues in length. Also provided are therapeutic applications using such peptides. ... | 01/06/2009 |