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| 7371365 | Methods for detecting parenchymal plaques in vivo Methods for detecting parenchymal plaque deposits in the brain of a living mammal are described that include administering a polyamine modified, labeled polypeptide having specific binding affinity for the extracellular deposit, to the living mammal. Isolated β-amy... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7344699 | Drug conjugate comprising an erythropoietin receptor ligand and an anticancer agent A drug conjugate comprising a targeting agent and an anti-cancer agent, wherein said targeting agent comprises an erythropoietin receptor ligand, is described. The drug conjugate can be used in methods of treating cancer. Also described are methods of treating cance... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7220402 | Alpha-fetoprotein peptides and uses for imaging The invention provides diagnostic procedures wherein the presence or absence of a cell-proliferating disorder, e.g., a breast cancer, may be determined. The imaging agents of the invention include alpha-fetoprotein hydrophilic analogs which have been determined to t... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7087722 | Fibrin binding domain polypeptides and uses and methods of producing same This invention provides an imaging agent which comprises a polypeptide labeled with an imageable marker, such polypeptide having an amino acid sequence substantially present in the fibrin binding domain of naturally-occurring human fibronectin and being capable of b... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7041506 | Peptides promoting cell adherence, growth and secretion The present invention provides specific peptides identified as having cell adhesion, growth, expression or secretion-enhancing activities. Many of the peptides of the invention may be produced in large quantity by such means as chemical synthesis or recombinant DNA ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7022309 | Targeting molecule linked to an imaging agent Targeting molecules are provided for use in delivering imaging agents to epithelial tissue. The targeting molecule comprises a polypeptide that forms a closed covalent loop, contains at least three peptide domains having β-sheet character, each of the domains being... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6984374 | Method for the evaluation of implantable materials A method for the evaluation of a material to determine whether the material is susceptible to bacterial contamination or colonization comprising providing bacteria which are modified to produce a first detectable signal, exposing the material being evaluated to the ... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6869592 | Method and antibody for imaging lung cancer The present invention provides new methods for detecting, diagnosing, monitoring, staging, prognosticating, imaging and treating lung cancer. ... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6855551 | Biological applications of quantum dots The present invention provides a composition comprising fluorescent semiconductor nanocrystals associated to a compound, wherein the nanocrystals have a characteristic spectral emission, wherein said spectral emission is tunable to a desired wavelength by controllin... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6743781 | Glycerolipid compounds useful for the transfer of an active substance into a target cell The invention concerns novel compounds of formula (I) in which: R1 and R2, which are identical or different, are C6-C23 alkyl or alkenyl radicals, linear or branched or —C(â•... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6737040 | Method and antibody for imaging breast cancer The present invention provides a new method of detecting, diagnosing, monitoring, staging, prognosticating, imaging and treating breast cancer. ... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6719973 | Recombinant proteins and peptides for endotoxin biosensors, endotoxin removal, and anti-microbial and anti-endotoxin therapeutics Recombinant fragments of Factor C are disclosed. These proteins and peptides show great potency in recognizing, binding to, neutralizing and removing endotoxin. These molecules can thus be used for anti-microbial, anti-endotoxin, and anti-sepsis therapy. SSCrFCES is... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6713046 | Magnetic resonance imaging agents for the delivery of therapeutic agents The invention relates to novel magnetic resonance imaging contrast agents and methods of delivering therapeutically active agents. ... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6699723 | Organo luminescent semiconductor nanocrystal probes for biological applications and process for making and using such probes A semiconductor nanocrystal compound is described capable of linking to an affinity molecule. The compound comprises (1) a semiconductor nanocrystal capable of emitting electromagnetic radiation and/or absorbing energy, and/or scattering or diffracting el... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6610651 | Molecules that home to various selected organs or tissues The present invention provides molecules that selectively home to various normal organs or tissues, including to lung, pancreas, skin, retina, prostate, ovary, lymph node, adrenal gland, liver or gut; and provides molecules that selectively home to tumor ... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6602852 | Basic peptides and pharmaceutical compositions containing same The present invention relates to an NST300 compound of general formula (I): comprising the following components: X1--[(X3)a/(X4)b] in which X1 represents a fatty acid or prenyl group; and X3 represents a domain of positively charged amino acids; and X4 re... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6599499 | Uses of diterpenoid triepoxides as an anti-proliferative agent Combinations of diterpenoid triepoxides and anti-proliferative agents are used in a combination therapy to treat hyperproliferative disorders. Anti-proliferative agents of interest include agents active in killing tumor cells, as well as immunosuppressant... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6503540 | Cloning and characterization of bves, a novel gene expressed in heart and uses thereof The present invention is directed to cloning and characterization of bves (blood vessel/epicardial substance), a cDNA expressed in developing and adult heart and skeletal muscle cells in chick, mouse and human. Also provided are applications of Bves as a ... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6455025 | Polysaccharide-peptide derivatives Polysaccharide-somatostatin analogs of the formula: ##STR1## wherein the somatostatin analog is directly or indirectly coupled from a terminal N-amino group of the somatostatin analog to a polysaccharide, and the polysaccharide-somatostatin analog is prov... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6451980 | Signal enhancement of bispecific antibody-polymer probe for immunoassay use An immunoassay method including reacting a sample from a patient with a bispecific antibody, wherein the bispecific antibody includes one antibody specific for a compound to be detected and a second antibody specific for a compound foreign to said patient... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6423551 | Organo luminescent semiconductor nanocrystal probes for biological applications and process for making and using such probes A semiconductor nanocrystal compound is described capable of linking to an affinity molecule. The compound comprises (1) a semiconductor nanocrystal capable of emitting electromagnetic radiation and/or absorbing energy, and/or scattering or diffracting el... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6391280 | J chain polypeptide targeting molecule linked to an imaging agent Polypeptide targeting molecules are provided for use in delivering imaging agents to epithelial tissue. Upon delivery, the imaging agent(s) may remain within an epithelial cell or may undergo transepithelial transport via transcytosis. The targeting molec... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6375928 | Neutrophil stimulating peptides The present invention provides peptides capable of stimulating neutrophils. In particular, the peptides prime neutrophils for a respiratory burst following treatment with N-formyl-L-methionyl-L-leucyl-L-phenylalanine. The peptides have an amino acid seque... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6323186 | Phosphate-bound polyazaindacene derivatives of nucleotides The invention relates to dipyrrometheneboron difluoride-substituted nucleotides substituted by a dipyrrometheneboron difluoride label on a phosphate moiety. The nucleotides of the invention are useful in fluorescence assays, including protein binding assa... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6312661 | Method for the detection and localization of ductal exocrine pancreas tumours The invention relates to a method of detecting and localizing malignant tumors and their metastases in tissues, which in healthy condition and in non-neoplastic conditions of chronic inflammation do not contain substantial quantities of neurotensin-recept... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6274121 | Superparamagnetic particles, process for their manufacture and use Superparamagnetic particles consist of superparamagnetic one-domain particles and aggregates of superparamagnetic one-domain particles to whose surfaces are bound inorganic and optionally organic substances optionally having further binding sites for coup... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6261535 | Diagnostic methods for targeting the vasculature of solid tumors The present invention relates generally to methods and compositions for targeting the vasculature of solid tumors using immunological- and growth factor-based reagents. In particular aspects, antibodies carrying diagnostic or therapeutic agents are target... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6232287 | Molecules that home to various selected organs or tissues The present invention provides molecules that selectively home to various normal organs or tissues, including to lung, pancreas, skin, retina, prostate, ovary, lymph node, adrenal gland, liver or gut; and provides molecules that selectively home to tumor ... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6107102 | Therapeutic microdevices and methods of making and using same A suspension of microfabricated microdevices for use in therapeutic applications is disclosed. The microdevices have a selected shape, and uniform dimensions preferably in the 100 nm to 10 Am range. Also disclosed are microfabrication methods for making s... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6045774 | J chain polypeptide targeting molecule linked to an imaging agent Targeting molecules for use in delivering imaging agents to epithelial tissue are disclosed. Upon delivery, the imaging agent(s) may remain within an epithelial cell or may undergo transepithelial transport via transcytosis. The targeting molecules may be... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5965131 | Delivery of diagnostic and therapeutic agents to a target site An improvement in in vivo pretargeting methods for delivering diagnostic or therapeutic agents to a target site in a mammal uses a clearing agent that binds to the target-binding site of the targeting species, whereby non-bound primary targeting species i... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5958408 | Delivery of diagnostic and therapeutic agents to a target site An improvement in in vivo pretargeting methods for delivering diagnostic or therapeutic agents to a target site in a mammal uses a clearing agent that binds to the target-binding site of the targeting species, whereby non-bound primary targeting species i... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5869616 | Fibrin binding domain polypeptides and uses and methods of producing same This invention provides an imaging agent which comprises a polypeptide labeled with an imageable marker, such polypeptide having an amino acid sequence substantially present in the fibrin binding domain of naturally-occurring human fibronectin and being c... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5846725 | Methods for identifying cisplatin resistant tumor cells Isolated nucleic acids which can confer on a cell at least a 5-fold increase in cisplatin resistance relative to a cisplatin sensitive cell are disclosed. The nucleic acids of the invention can further confer on a cell resistance to heavy metals such as c... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5792444 | Labeled chemotactic peptides to image focal sites of infection or inflammation The invention relates to a method of detecting a site of infection or inflammation, and a method for treating such infection or inflammation, in an individual by administering to the individual a diagnostically or therapeutically effective amount of detec... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5770569 | Diagnostic and therapeutic agents using a lymphocyte adhesion receptor for high endothelium CD44 A lymphoid cell line cDNA that encodes an adhesion receptor for high endothelial venules (HEV).... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5759519 | Method for the intracellular delivery of biomolecules using thiocationic lipids Lipid molecules bearing a cationic charge are described. These cationic lipids are useful in the delivery of biomolecules, such as oligonucleotides, nucleic acids, peptides, diagnostic imaging agents, proteins and drug molecules. In the form of liposomes,... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5738838 | IKVAV peptide radiopharmaceutical applications Peptides useful for lung imaging, and preferably containing a biological-function domain which includes the sequence Ile-Lys-Val-Ala-Val (IKVAV) (SEQ. ID NO. 1) and a medically useful metal ion-binding domain are labeled with medically useful metal ions f... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5698178 | Polyspecific immunoconjugates and antibody composites for targeting the multidrug resistant phenotype Polyspecific immunoconjugates and antibody composites that bind a multidrug transporter protein and an antigen associated with a tumor or infectious agent are used to overcome the multidrug resistant phenotype. These immunoconjugates and composites also c... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5670479 | -ketoamide derivatives as inhibitors of thrombosis a-Ketoamide derivatives, their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, compositions, diagnostic compositions and pharmaceutical compositions, which are useful for preventing or treating in a mammal a pathological condition characterized by thrombosis are descr... | 09/23/1997 |
