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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7183251 | hCG therapy for the treatment of breast cancer This invention relates to the field of cancer therapy. More particularly, the invention relates to the treatment of mammary tumor, clinically manifest mammary tumor (breast cancer) and metastatic mammary tumor by administration of human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG).... | 02/27/2007 |
| 6287609 | Unfermented gel fraction from psyllium seed husks A purified form of a gel-forming component of psyllium seed husks is disclosed, along with a process for obtaining the gel-forming fraction from psyllium seed husks. Methods of using this gel-forming fraction as a laxative and hypocholesterolemic agent ar... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6284532 | Purified human papillomavirus A live, infective stock of a new human papillomavirus, HPV IU, is provided. HPV IU is related to but distinct from HPV MM7 and HPV LVX82. An isolated nucleic acid comprising the genome of HPV IU is also provided. Methods of using HPV IU to develop and tes... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6245531 | Polynucleotide encoding insect ecdysone receptor Polynucleotide sequences which encode ecdysone receptors have been isolated and expressed in host cells.... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6225528 | Method of making pathogen-resistant plants by transformation with a fatty acid desaturase gene The present invention provides pathogen-resistant transgenic plants and methods of making the plants. The transgenic plants display enhanced resistance to a variety of fungal, bacterial and viral plant pathogens due to expression of a gene that increases ... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6197817 | Phenylpropionic acids and esters: compounds and methods for inducing beta-blockade for the treatment of cardiac disorders Disclosed are compounds of the formula: ##STR1## R represents hydrogen or is a C-3 to C-6 cycloalkyl or C-4 to C-10 straight or branched carbon chain alkyl-cycloalkyl or a group --B--D, where B is C-2 to C-10 straight or branched carbon chain alkyl and D ... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6153741 | DNA methylation gene from plants A novel gene, DDM1, and its encoded protein are provided. The gene was isolated from a region of Arabidopsis thaliana chromosome 5. DDM1 appears to be part of the SWI2/SNF2 family of chromatin-remodeling proteins. Disruption of the gene results in DNA hyp... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6150171 | Thermostable alpha-galactosidase and methods of use An isolated nucleic acid from the bacterium Thermotoga neapolitana, encoding a thermostable -galactosidase is provided. The Thermotoga gene is cloned into a high expression vector to provide large quantities of a purified thermostable -galac... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6136605 | Glutathione S-transferase isoforms A method is described for the creation of novel isoforms of the enzyme glutathione S-transferase which have enhanced activity in host cells against specific toxic agents. The method includes site directed mutagenesis and selection with the targeted agent ... | 10/24/2000 |
| 5770717 | Nucleic acid encoding a stress-responsive subunit of human RNA polymerase II An isolated nucleic acid is provided, which encodes a stress-responsive subunit of mammalian RNA polymerase II, RPB4. In a preferred embodiment, the human RPB4 subunit (hsRPB4) is provided. Also provided are oligonucleotides that specifically hybridize wi... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5599919 | Nucleic acid encoding a transiently-expressed kinetochore protein, and methods of use An isolated nucleic acid is provided which encodes a transiently-expressed kinetochore protein, CENP-F. Also provided are the purified polypeptide encoded by the nucleic acid sequence, and antibodies immunologically specific for the polypeptide. These bio... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5530191 | Method for producing cytoplasmic male sterility in plants and use thereof in production of hybrid seed The present invention provides a cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) system for plants, which is based on modification of the plastid genome. The CMS system comprises three transgenes: a "plastid male sterility" (pms) gene, regulated by a "nuclear male steri... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5514079 | Method for promoting circulation of blood The present invention provides a method and apparatus for improving the circulation of blood through a patient's heart and extremity. The method comprises applying external positive regional pressure on an extremity synchronously with the patient's heartb... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5510356 | Bisquinolines and processes for their production and use to treat malaria The present invention relates to new bisquinolines useful in the treatment of malaria and to processes for the production thereof. The invention also relates to methods for the treatment of malaria and, in particular, to the treatment of chloroquine-resis... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5451513 | Method for stably transforming plastids of multicellular plants This invention provides methods for obtaining a plant cell of a multicellular plant, the plastids of which cell have been stably transformed by a foreign DNA of interest. These methods employ selectable markers some of which are nonlethal, some of which a... | 09/19/1995 |
