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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7329742 | Aptamers and methods for their in vitro selection and uses thereof The present method is an improved in vitro selection protocol that relies on magnetic separations for DNA aptamer production that is relatively easy and scalable without the need for expensive robotics. The ability of aptamers selected by this method to recognize an... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7148778 | High performance hybrid magnetic structure for biotechnology applications The present disclosure provides a high performance hybrid magnetic structure made from a combination of permanent magnets and ferromagnetic pole materials which are assembled in a predetermined array. The hybrid magnetic structure provides for separation and other b... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7056901 | Microgel particles for the delivery of bioactive materials Novel microgels, microparticles and related polymeric materials capable of delivering bioactive materials to cells for use as vaccines or therapeutic agents. The materials are made using a crosslinker molecule that contains a linkage cleavable under mild acidic cond... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7049152 | Color and shape changing polymeric ribbons and sheets The present invention herein provides the design, synthesis and characterization of compositions comprising asymmetric bolaamphiphilic lipids that form extended polymeric ribbons and wide sheets. These compositions may be doped, or interspersed, with various compoun... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6982151 | Design of novel assays based on the newly found role of dystroglycan and alpha-dystroglycan proteolysis in tumor cell growth The invention provides method for assessing tumorigenicity of mammalian cells by assaying the proteolytic fragments of 120-130 kD alpha-dystroglycan in medium surrounding mammalian cells. ... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6954128 | High performance hybrid magnetic structure for biotechnology applications The present disclosure provides a high performance hybrid magnetic structure made from a combination of permanent magnets and ferromagnetic pole materials which are assembled in a predetermined array. The hybrid magnetic structure provides means for separation and o... | 10/11/2005 |
