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Attorney: Murashige; Kate H.


Number of patents: 28
Last date: October 25, 2011

NumberTitleIssue Date
8043810Analyte detection using autocatalytic chain reactions
Compositions and methods for detecting the presence of analytes employing autocatalytic chain reactions (ACR) having super linear kinetics for amplification of signal are disclosed. ...
10/25/2011
6624302Polyketide derivatives
The present invention relates to novel polyketides, host cells that produce the novel compounds, and methods fort their use. The compounds of the present invention are cyclic polyketides (also referred to as a "macrolides" or "macrolactones") that include...
09/23/2003
6410301Myxococcus host cells for the production of epothilones
Recombinant Myxococcus host cell containing recombinant expression vectors containing epothilone polyketide synthase genes can produce epothilones C and D....
06/25/2002
6255520Organic solution of dialkyl peroxydicarbonate and process for producing thereof
The invention relates to a process for the preparation of an organic solution of dialkyl peroxydicarbonate which is particularly suited for use in the aqueous suspension polymerization of halogenated monomers. According to this process, the dialkyl peroxy...
07/03/2001
6228408Antifungal complexes and method of making
A complex comprising natamycin complexed to one or more proteins. Processes for producing the same. Compositions containing the same. Use of the complexes as a preventative antifungi treatment for natural products. A method for preventing the infection of...
05/08/2001
5948776Compositions and methods for treating bone deficit conditions
Compounds containing two aromatic systems covalently linked through a linker containing one or more atoms, or "linker" defined as including a covalent bond per se so as to space the aromatic systems at a distance 1.5-15Å, are effective in treating condit...
09/07/1999
5939444Compositions and methods for treating bone deficit conditions
Compounds containing two aromatic systems covalently linked through a linker containing one or more atoms, or "linker" defined as including a covalent bond per se so as to space the aromatic systems at a distance 1.5-15 Å, are effective in treating condi...
08/17/1999
5935803Methods to identify immunomodulators using cognate interaction of PKC-theta
Modulators of the immune system can be identified by determining the ability of candidate substances to affect the interaction of PKC-theta or a fragment thereof with its cognate. The interaction can be measured using binding of the cognate as an index, o...
08/10/1999
5914126Methods to deliver macromolecules to hair follicles
The invention provides methods to deliver macromolecules to hair follicles selectively using formulations of these macromolecules in liposomal separations....
06/22/1999
5908919Urethane mediated, GST specific molecular release systems
Compounds of the formula ##STR1## or of the formula ##STR2## or the amides, esters or salts thereof, wherein: Sx is S.dbd.O, O.dbd.S.dbd.O, S.dbd.NH, HN.dbd.S.dbd.O, Se.dbd.O, O.dbd.Se.dbd.O, Se.dbd.NH, HN.dbd.Se.dbd.O, S+
06/01/1999
5900430Cytokine inhibitors
Invented are methods of inhibiting the production of cytokines, particularly inhibiting the production of interleukin-1 and inhibiting the production of tumor necrosis factor in a mammal in need thereof which comprises administering to such mammal an effe...
05/04/1999
5891873Use of maillard reaction inhibitors for the treatment of amyloidosis-based disease
Inhibitors of the Maillard reaction are useful in the treatment or prophylaxis of amyloidosis-based disease, particularly Alzheimer's disease. Particular examples include aminoguanidine and amphotericin B....
04/06/1999
5883073Single-chain double-alpha peptide
The invention is directed to a glycosylated or nonglycosylated protein which is composed of the amino acid sequence of a first ଱ subunit common to the glycoprotein hormones linked covalently, optionally through a linker moiety, to the amino acid seq...
03/16/1999
5854402Antibodies against streptococcus
Antibodies which bind the surface antigen I/II of Streptococcus sobrinus serotype d and cross react with the surface antigen I/II of Streptococcus mutans serotypes c, e, f and g....
12/29/1998
5831088Methods to prepare ଲଲ'-dihydroxy meso-substituted chlorins, isobacteriochlorins and bacteriochlorins
A ଲ,ଲ'-dihydroxy meso-substituted chlorin, bacteriochlorin or isobacteriochlorin compound having the formula (I) or (II): ##STR1## wherein M is a metal. A novel method for synthesizing the compound of formula (I) or (II) comprises the ste...
11/03/1998
5817282Reduction of nitrogen oxides
A method is provided for reducing the nitrogen oxide content of a flue gas produced by the combustion of fuel by introducing a nitrogen oxide removal agent into either the nitrogen oxide contaminated flue gas or the fuel to be combusted. The nitrogen oxid...
10/06/1998
5780622Method of synthesizing 5,15-diarylbenzochlorin-7-one compounds
A novel 5,15-diarylbenzochlorin-7-one compound having the formula (I) or (II): ##STR1## wherein M is a metal. A novel method for synthesizing the compound of formula (I) comprises the steps of: a. cyclizing a meso-(formylvinyl) 5,15-diarylporphyrin t...
07/14/1998
5780266Feline infectious peritonitis virus diagnostic tools
The present invention provides tools which are useful for the diagnosis of an animal's exposure to feline infectious peritonitis virus (FIPV) or susceptibility to FIPV. The diagnostic tools are composed of nucleic acid sequences which encode structural an...
07/14/1998
5234911Substance with interleukin-8 inhibiting activity and process for its preparation
A substance is prepared having interleukin-8 inhibiting activity by extracting psoriatic scales and separating the extract on several successive HPLC columns, using an assay for IL-8i activity based on the inhibition of myeloperoxidase release and/or of t...
08/10/1993
5087636Method to destroy malignant cells in mononuclear cell populations
A method to prepare bone marrow or other hemopoietic cells free of malignant cells for autologous transplants is described. The mononuclear cells from the marrow are treated with a green porphyrin (Gp) to effect the uptake of said Gp by malignant cells se...
02/11/1992
5059535Process for the separation and purification of sialyl transferases
Specific sialyl transferases (ST) are important enzymes in the manufacture of carbohydrate moieties useful for pharmacological purposes and for diagnostic and clinical procedures. The invention offers simplified methods to isolate highly specific forms of...
10/22/1991
4784949Universal dominant selectable marker cassette
A novel universal dominant selectable marker cassette is disclosed. The marker comprises the coding sequences for aminoglycoside phosphotransferase I (APH-I) which has been modified and truncated so as to render its use in recombinant vectors more conveni...
11/15/1988
4677064Human tumor necrosis factor
Human Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) has been prepared using recombinant methods. A human promyelocytic leukemia cell line has been induced using an improved induction procedure, and the TNF purified to homogeneity. Methods, vectors, and cells useful in obta...
06/30/1987
4677197Purification method for tumor necrosis factor
An improved method for purifying TNF, especially recombinantly produced TNF in bacteria, is disclosed. The purification employs a hydrophobic support in a chromatographic column which is then developed, preferably by HPLC. Preliminary purifications using ...
06/30/1987
4677063Human tumor necrosis factor
Human tumor necrosis factor (TNF) has been prepared using recombinant methods. A human promyelocytic leukemia cell line has been induced using an improved induction procedure, and the TNF purified to homogeneity. Methods, vectors, and cells useful in obta...
06/30/1987
4485017Isolation of human interferon by immunosorbent and high performance liquid chromatography
An improved process for the isolation and purification of HIFNs is disclosed wherein a partially purified preparation of the HIFN is sequentially passed through an antibody affinity column and a reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatographic colum...
11/27/1984
4349549Anti-hypertensive 1-substituted spiro(piperidine-oxobenzoxazine)s
Novel compounds of the formula: ##STR1## and the pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are each independently hydrogen, hydroxy, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy or hal...
09/14/1982
4294844Use of 4,5-dihydro-2-lower alkoxycarbonylamino-4-phenyl imidazoles and substituted phenyl derivatives thereof as anti-hypertensive agents
4,5-Dihydro-2-lower alkoxycarbonylamino-4-phenyl imidazoles and substituted phenyl derivatives thereof lower the blood pressure in a human being when administered at low doses....
10/13/1981
 
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