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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7090857 | Antigenic preparations The present invention relates to antigenic preparations comprising polysaccharides and/or glycopeptides preparable from keratinophilic fungi as well as yeasts, process for the preparation of these antigenic preparations, their use as pharmaceutical substances as wel... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7001776 | Device and method for cytology slide preparation This invention provides a novel device and method for preparing cytology slides. The device comprises a book-like form including an absorbent material and filter attached to the inside surface of a front cover and a cytology slide removeably attached to an inside su... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6890729 | Device and method for cytology slide preparation This invention provides a novel device and method for preparing cytology slides. The device comprises a book-like form including an absorbent material and filter attached to the inside surface of a front cover and a cytology slide removeably attached to an inside su... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6627408 | Antifungal assay The present invention provides high throughput screening Systems for identifying antifungal compounds. The method can be performed in plurality simultaneously with fluorescence or absorbance readouts.... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6468760 | Antifungal assay The present invention provides high throughput screening systems for identifying antifungal compounds. The method can be performed in plurality simultaneously with fluorescence or absorbance readouts.... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6436662 | Device and method for cytology slide preparation This invention provides a novel device and method for preparing cytology slides. The device comprises a book-like form including an absorbent material and filter attached to the inside surface of a front cover and a cytology slide removeably attached to a... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6379678 | Antigenic preparations The present invention relates to antigenic preparations comprising polysaccharides and/or glycopeptides preparable from keratinophilic fungi as well as yeasts, processes for the preparation of these antigenic preparations, their use as pharmaceutical subs... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6333164 | Fungal antigens and process for producing the same There can be provided a fungal antigen which is an insoluble fraction obtainable from fungal cells of which cell wall has been substantially removed or at least partially removed; a process for producing the same; a nucleic acid encoding the fungal antige... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6300140 | Rapid test employing an adhesive slide A slide having a portion thereof provided with transparent adhesive which adheres to a test sample. The slide and adhesive may be transparent. Specific types of infection and particularly fungal infections can be detected in the test sample using immunote... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6284480 | Antifungal assay The present invention provides high throughput screening systems for identifying antifungal compounds. The method can be performed in plurality simultaneously with fluorescence or absorbance readouts.... | 09/04/2001 |
| 5998181 | Fermentation process for preparing xylitol using Candida tropicalis The present invention relates to a fermentation process for preparing xylitol with high productivity and high yield using a novel strain of Candida tropicalis, more specifically, for preparing xylitol under optimal fermentation conditions for maximum xyli... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5994149 | Rapid test employing an adhesive slide A slide having a portion thereof provided with transparent adhesive which adheres to a test sample. The slide and adhesive may be transparent. Specific types of infection and particularly fungal infections can be detected in the test sample using immunote... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5789191 | Method of detecting and counting microorganisms The invention provides a cosmetic or dermatological method for detecting and/or selectively quantifying individual microorganisms, and/or whole groups of microorganisms, which are present on human or animal skin, comprising the steps of removing a sample ... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5763169 | Nucleic acid probes for the detection and identification of fungi Nucleic acid probes and primers are described for detecting fungi that cause disease in humans and animals, as well as spoilage of food and beverages. These probes can detect rRNA, rDNA or polymerase chain reaction products from a majority of fungi in cli... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5756321 | Process for enzymatic acylation of alcohols with alkoxyvinyl acetates by transesterification Methods for the enzyme catalyzed acylation of primary and secondary alcohols using an enol ester as the acyl donor are described. The acylation occurs in organic media, and is enantioselective for racemic or prochiral alcohols. The reaction is irreversibl... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5741662 | Direct stain specific binding assays for microorganisms The present invention provides specific binding solid phase assay methods and kits for the detection of the presence or absence of a microorganism by directly staining the microorganism and specifically capturing the stained microorganism on a solid suppo... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5707802 | Nucleic acid probes for the detection and identification of fungi Nucleic acid probes and primers are described for detecting fungi that cause disease in humans and animals, as well as spoilage of food and beverages. These probes can detect rRNA, rDNA or polymerase chain reaction products from a majority of fungi in cli... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5686248 | Fungal stress proteins A polypeptide sequence from Candida albicans is described which has significant sequence homology with known stress proteins from other organisms, particularly the heat shock protein hsp 90 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Corresponding DNA sequences are also... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5658726 | Detecting eukaryotic microorganisms A method for constructing a cDNA probe for use in detecting in a sample, under conditions of predetermined stringency, a target organism belonging to a strain of fungal microorganisms, and not detecting in the sample under such conditions a reference micr... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5604119 | Process for producing triglycerides from glycerol and long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids using lipase from candida antarctica The present invention relates to a process for preparing a triglyceride, comprising reacting glycerol with a polyunsaturated fatty acid having at least 20 carbon atoms and at least three double bonds or a C1-4 alkyl ester thereof, for a reactio... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5449612 | Process for identifying candida by means of chromogenic substances The present invention relates to a method of determining, assaying and identifying strains of Candida and pathogenic strains belonging to species Torulopsis glabrata by means of chromogenic substrates of monoamino acid or peptide type without the isolatio... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5405745 | Methods for detecting candida albicans Isolated nucleic acid molecules capable of hybridizing to sequences of Candida albicans along with methods utilizing such probes for the detection of Candida albicans in clinical and other biological samples.... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5403710 | Nucleic acid probes and methods for detecting pathogenic candida yeasts Nucleic acid probes are described for detecting yeasts capable of causing Candida infection, specifically yeasts of the genera Candida, Torulopsis, and Yarrowia. The preferred probes are complementary to ribonucleic acid sequences unique to specific Candi... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5374423 | Method of using cytokine receptors on microorganism Cytokine receptors for tumor necrosis factor e which are found on microorganisms may, if bound with exogenous TNF, enhance the response of natural killer cells activated by the microorganisms, or increase TNF production by peripheral blood l... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5294546 | Method for production of a growth factor for Bifidobacterium sp. A method of producing a growth promoting factor for Bifidobacterium species from lactose which comprises contacting lactose with resting cells of a lactose-utilizing yeast strain having activity to rearrange lactose to galacto-oligosaccharides.... | 03/15/1994 |
| 5288639 | Fungal stress proteins A polypeptide sequence from Candida albicans is described which has significant sequence homology with known stress proteins from other organisms, particularly the heat shock protein hsp 90 of Sacchromyces cerevisiae. Corresponding DNA sequences are also ... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5270038 | Tumor necrosis factor receptors on microorganisms Cytokine receptors for tumor necrosis factor which are found on microorganisms may, if bound with exogenous TNF, enhance the response of natural killer cells activated by the microorganisms, or increase TNF production by peripheral b... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5081033 | Miniaturized yeast identification system Methods and compositions are disclosed for the rapid identification of fungal pathogens. In a preferred method, a sample of human body fluid is obtained and subjected to analysis comprising inoculating a nutritive medium, incubating said inoculum for such... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5077206 | Process for preparing L-rhamnose The invention provides a process for preparing L-rhamnose by hydrolyzing a rhamnosidic bond of a glycoside having rhamnose in a terminal position, by enzymatically hydrolyzing the glucoside with an enzyme combination comprising biological structural mater... | 12/31/1991 |
| 4981794 | Method of preparing D(-)-ଲ-hydroxyisobutyric acid by fermentation A method is provided for preparing D(-)-ଲ-hydroxyisobutyric acid by fermentation employing the method and/or ethyl esters of isobutyric acid, the methyl and/or ethyl esters of methacrylic acid, isobutyl isobutyrate and/or isobutyl methacrylate as th... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4874695 | Rapid indentification of yeast and other fungal microorganisms by enzyme detection Rapid identification of different species of microorganism selected from fungi and yeast like algae is accomplished by culturing the microorganism for several hours under normal conditions on a non-inhibitory mycological medium which stimulates the microo... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4847128 | Miniaturized yeast identification system Methods and compositions are disclosed for the rapid identification of fungal pathogens. In a preferred method, a sample of human body fluid is obtained and subjected to analysis comprising inoculating a nutritive medium, incubating said inoculum for such... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4735901 | Transformation of Candida albicans Candida albicans has been transformed by the insertion of a plasmid comprising a fragment of DNA from Candida albicans containing the intact ADE 2 gene.... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4379841 | Assimilation test for identifying yeasts The disclosure relates to a culture medium containing as a sole carbon source 4-hydroxybenzoic acid, 3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid or a mixture thereof, and to an assimilation test for identifying yeasts utilizing such a culture medium.... | 04/12/1983 |
| 4182753 | Sarcoma 180 tumor inhibitor and method of making same A Sarcoma 180 tumor growth inhibiting glycoprotein material produced extracellularly from Candida albicans is provided. The inhibitor material is effective to arrest Sarcoma 180 tumor angiogenesis thereby causing tumor regression. The preferred inhibitor ... | 01/08/1980 |
| 4144133 | Fungal growth media Fungal growth media comprising a mixture of oxgall, purified saponin, a substrate for phenol oxidase and a supporting agent, such as agar, are provided which facilitate rapid identification of a variety of pathogenic fungi obtained from a sample of body f... | 03/13/1979 |
| 4071411 | Antitumor antibiotics aclacinomycins A and B [RD-9187A] New antitumor agents named aclacinomycins A and B, which are anthracycline glycosides and inhibit the growth of various microorganisms e.g., Staphylococcus aureus, Micrococcus flavus, Corynebacterium bovis and inhibit the growth of animal tumors such as l... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4042461 | Method for purifying cholesterol esterase Cholesterol esterase is purified by removal of the separable lipase in an enzyme preparation containing both cholesterol esterase and lipase activities by treatment using a hydrophobic chromatography column comprising carboxylated polysaccharide material ... | 08/16/1977 |
| 4039387 | Medium and method for distinguishing Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitidis A microbial growth medium for distinguishing Neisseria gonorrhoeae from Neisseria meningitidis. The medium comprises a gonococci and meningococci specific medium having incorporated therein a quantity of 8-anilino-1-naphthalene-sulfonic acid (ANS) or a sa... | 08/02/1977 |
| 4032663 | Process for using cell wall-lysing enzymes Complex enzymes which can lyse the cell wall of a variety of microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi, yeast, Basidiomycetes and chlorella are produced and recovered from cultivation of Pellicularia sasakii or Pellicularia filamentosa.... | 06/28/1977 |
