...that a workman who left the soap mixing machine on too long was responsible for making Ivory Soap? He was so embarrassed by his mistake that he threw the mess in a stream. Imagine his dismay when the evidence of his error floated to the surface! Result: Ivory soap, the soap that floats.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4609551 | Process of and material for stimulating growth of cartilage and bony tissue at anatomical sites A process for exposing live cells to a soluble bone protein and transferring the cells into appropriate skeletal sites to initiate or enhance local chondrogenesis or osteogenesis. Isogenic fibroblasts are exposed in vitro to a soluble bone protein capable... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4562155 | Hybrid viral plasmid and microorganisms containing same pML BK is a hybrid plasmid which is constructed of :pML which contains the entire nucleotide sequence of the plasmid pBR322 except for deletion of nucleotide sequences 1120-2490 bp and 0 to 375 bp, and BK which contains the entire nucleotide sequence of t... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4391909 | Microcapsules containing viable tissue cells Tissue cells such as islet of Langerhans cells or liver cells are encapsulated within a spheroidal semipermeable membrane comprising a polysaccharide having acidic groups cross-linked with a polymer having a molecular weight greater than 3,000. The cells ... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4017361 | Process for obtaining continuous lines of tumoral cells in vitro Process for obtaining cultures of tumoral cells in vitro, of specifically human origin. The cultures of tumoral cells in vitro are prepared, particularly from human tumoral cells obtained from surgical samples of malignant tumors, by introducing, into the... | 04/12/1977 |