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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6461628 | Non-woven keratin cell scaffold A hydratable, highly absorbent keratin solid fiber or powder capable of absorbing a large weight excess of water may be produced by partially oxidizing hair keratin disulfide bonds to sulfonic acid residues and reacting the sulfonic acid residues with a c... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6432435 | Keratin-based tissue engineering scaffold Methods for producing thin keratin films, sheets, and bulk materials, and products formed using these methods. One method includes providing hair, reducing the hair such that the disulfide linkages are broken and free cysteine thiol groups formed, separat... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6375844 | Method for treatment of animal waste Waste from confined animal feeding/growing operation is flushed from barn and routed to an enclosed anaerobic digester. A liquid portion of the digested waste is further treated with aerobic digestion and then clarified liquid is used to flush the barn an... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6242478 | Five member ring sulfenate esters and thiosulfinate esters Disclosed are novel sulfenate esters and thiosulfinate esters that induce the expression of metabolic enzymes, particularly Phase II enzymes such as glutathione-s-transferase, DT-diaphorase and Ferritin H when administered to a subject. Also disclosed, su... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6203836 | Method of treating wood and treated wood for use in flavoring aqueous food products and resulting products Disclosed is a process for treating wood particles for use in flavoring aqueous liquids to mask undesirable taste components and to increase the extractability and reactivity of flavor enhancing components. Wood particles are contacted with a solution of ... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6139873 | Combined pharmaceutical estrogen-androgen-progestin Disclosed are methods and compositions for oral contraception and for hormone replacement therapy. Certain compositions of the invention contain androgens, preferably methyltestosterone to be taken in conjunction with estrogens and progestins.... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6107334 | Dietary control of arachidonic acid metabolism The present invention is directed towards the control of inflammation. More specifically there are provided herein dietary fatty acid regimens that may be used to inhibit the increase of serum arachidonic acid when GLA is provided as a dietary supplement.... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6071493 | Method of screening for an agent that inhibits mononuclear phagocyte-plaque component complex formation The present invention is directed to screening for an agent that inhibits mononuclear phagocyte-plaque component complex formation (hereinafter "complex formation"). The methods include the steps of contacting a mononuclear phagocyte with a plaque compone... | 06/06/2000 |
| 5962274 | Viral vector directed to predetermined target cells Disclosed are compositions comprising viral vectors derived from the paramyxovirus, simian virus 5 (SV5). The SV5 vectors of the present invention are designed so that the HN protein that binds to sialic acid is not expressed, and in certain embodiments a... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5962021 | Combined pharmaceutical estrogen-androgen-progestin oral contraceptive Disclosed are methods and compositions for oral contraception and hormonal therapy. Certain compositions and methods of the invention contain androgens, and preferably methyltestosterone to be combined with estrogen and progestin compositions in a hormona... | 10/05/1999 |
