Did You Know...
...that several people are credited with the invention of the flush toilet? Most people have heard of Thomas Crapper (1837-1910), the sanitary engineer who invented the valve-and-siphon arrangement that made the modern toilet possible. Another claimant to "the throne" was British inventor Alexander Cumming who patented a toilet in 1775. Then there's a nameless Minoan (a native of ancient Crete) who lived 4,000 years ago who supposedly was ahead of his time and created the first flush toilet!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5773020 | Treatment of erectile dysfunction Erectile dysfunction, particularly impotence, priapism and Peyronie's disease is treated by the transurethral administration of a therapeutically effective agent. The agents are administered to the urethra by means of a penile insert (1) having a rapidly ... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5760201 | Dimeric fluorescent energy transfer dyes comprising asymmetric cyanine azole-indolenine chromophores Novel fluorescent heterodimeric DNA-staining energy transfer dyes are provided combining asymmetric cyanine azole-indolenine dyes, which provide for strong DNA affinity, large Stokes shifts and emission in the red region of the spectrum. The dyes find par... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5714329 | Methods for the diagnosis of a genetic predisposition to cancer associated with variant CDK4 allele Protein complexes consisting of a cyclin dependent kinase CDK4 and cyclin D control passage through the G1 checkpoint of the cell cycle by phosphorylating the retinoblastoma protein. The ability of these complexes to phosphorylate RB is inhibited by a fam... | 02/03/1998 |
