Magician Harry Houdini patented a "Diver's Suit" enabling the wearer to "quickly divest himself of the suit while being submerged and to safely escape and reach the surface of the water."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7250251 | Virion-based fusion assay The present invention features methods and compositions relating to a virion-based fusion assay for detection of infection of a target cell by an enveloped retroviral virion such as HIV. The assay uses virions containing a chimeric viral protein comprising a viral a... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7192779 | Diagnosis of Smith-Lemli-Optiz syndrome The invention provides a non-invasive assay for the detection of a SLOS affected individual by determining the ratio of at least one of the specific SLOS steroid analytes, dehydro-estriol (8-DHE3) and a dehydro-pregnanetriol (7-DHPT) to their normal steroid counterp... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7129044 | Renaturation, reassociation, association and hybridization of nucleic acid molecules The present invention features methods and compositions for the renaturation, hybridization, association, or reassociation of nucleic acids that combines both acceleration of the reaction rate and improved specificity. ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7105637 | Dehydro-estriol (8-DHE3) and dehydro-pregnanetriol (7-DHPT), methods of their synthesis The invention provides isolated dehydro-estriol (8-DHE3) and dehydro-pregnanetriol (7-DHPT), and methods of their synthesis. These compounds are useful in diagnosis of Smith-Lemli-Optiz syndrome (SLOS). ... | 09/12/2006 |