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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7838305 | Autoantibody detection for cancer diagnostics The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the detection of anti-ECPKA autoantibodies in a biological sample, and to the use of such compositions and methods in the diagnosis of cancer in humans and non-human mammals. ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7592186 | Methods to measure immunosuppressive tacrolimus, sirolimus, and cyclosporin A complexes in a blood sample The present invention provides methods, diagnostic assays, and diagnostic kits based on said methods, to determine levels of immunosuppressive complexes containing immunosuppressive drugs tacrolimus, sirolimus and cyclosporine A separately and in combination, formed... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7410802 | Methods for simultaneously detecting both members of a binding pair Methods and kits for simultaneously measuring both members of a binding pair are described. ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7402403 | Tumour markers A method of determining the immune response of a mammal to circulating tumour marker proteins is described in which a sample of bodily fluid, for example plasma or serum, is contacted with a panel of two or more distinct tumour marker antigens. The presence of compl... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7390631 | Diagnosis and monitoring of systemic lupus erythematosus and of scleroderma Methods for diagnosing and monitoring systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) or scleroderma by determining, in a blood sample from the individual being diagnosed or monitored, complement component C4d deposited on surfaces of red blood cells in the sample, and optionall... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7361480 | Method and means for detecting gluten-induced diseases The invention is directed to a method of detecting gluten-induced diseases such as e.g. celiac disease and dermatitis herpetiformis. Said diseases are indicated by the presence of autoantibodies against tissue transglutaminase tTG in the blood The test is carried ou... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7361479 | Assay The present invention provides a method of determining the presence or amount of newly synthesized antibody in a sample in response to an immunogen by detecting the released antibodies or parts thereof in a sample containing lymphocytes which have been disrupted whe... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7358058 | Method and agents for the diagnosis and therapy of chronic inflammatory intestinal disease Methods for diagnosis, early diagnosis, differential diagnosis, assessment of the severity and therapy-accompanying monitoring and prognosis of chronically inflammatory intestinal diseases (Crohn's disease, Colitis ulcerosa), in which the presence and/or the ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7344846 | Diagnostics and therapeutics for macular degeneration-related disorders The invention relates to methods for diagnosing and treating macular degeneration-related disorders. The invention also related to methods for identifying genes that cause macular degeneration-related disorders. ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7332349 | Detection of cell membrane-associated proteins using membrane fragments displayed on encoded microparticle arrays Disclosed are methods relating to cell membrane fragments associated with microbeads, so that the characteristics of the cells the fragments originated from can be determined. The fragments can be oriented with what was the outer surface of the cell membrane facing ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7320879 | Method of determining site-specificity and kit therefor The invention relates to a method of determining the binding site specificity of an analyte to a ligand having at least two different binding sites, which method comprises immobilizing the ligand to a solid support, mixing the analyte with a reversibly binding refer... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7291473 | Screening process for atopic dermatitis The present invention provides a process of screening patients for atopic dermatitis. The process includes the step of determining, in sera of the patient, the presence of antibodies against nuclear antigens such as transcription co-activator p75, wherein the presen... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7285242 | Biochemical analysis unit and biochemical analyzing method using the same A biochemical analysis unit includes a substrate made of a material capable of attenuating radiation energy and/or light energy and formed with a plurality of holes, and a plurality of absorptive regions formed by forming an absorptive region in every hole. Accordin... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7258994 | Saliva immunoassay for detection of antibodies for cardiovascular disease A method for diagnosing the likelihood and severity of cardiovascular disease in a patient is disclosed. The method determines the levels of antibodies against autoantigens, including myosin, oxidized LDL, β-2-glycoprotein, heat shock protein-60, platelet glycoprot... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7252961 | Competitive immunoassay using complexed analyte derivatives The invention relates to a method for the detection of an analyte in a competitive immunoassay in the presence of an analyte derivative and first and second receptor molecules, and to a kit for carrying out this detection method. ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7226995 | Use of C-reactive protein to treat immune complex-mediated renal disease The present invention relates to a method of treating or preventing kidney disease in an animal subject including administering an effective amount of C-reactive protein to the animal subject. The kidney disease may be associated with systemic lupus erythematosus. | 06/05/2007 |
| 7211438 | Method and apparatus for predicting the presence of haemostatic dysfunction in a patient sample Methods for predicting the presence of haemostatic dysfunction in a patient from a time-dependent measurement profile include performing a time-dependent measurement on an unknown sample and measuring a respective property over time so as to derive a time-dependent ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7205382 | Peptides, the production and use thereof for binding immunoglobulins Peptides having the following amino acid sequence as well as peptides or proteins which contain this amino acid sequence: R1-X01-X02-X03-X04-X05-X06-X07-X08-X09-X10-X11-X12-X13-R2. These peptides have a high affinity for imm... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7195881 | Method and kit for following neurodegenerative diseases The invention relates to a method for detecting and supervising neurodegenerative diseases, which consists in detecting the presence of antibodies of the A-isotype and/or M-isotype which are directed against the antigens which are associated with these diseases.... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7179612 | Method for detecting a lipoprotein-acute phase protein complex and predicting an increased risk of system failure or mortality A method for diagnosing a condition of a patient involves the steps of (a) adding one or more reagents to a test sample from a patient, the test samples comprising at least part of a blood sample from the patient, in order to cause formation of a complex comprising ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7175989 | Antibodies to trisulfated heparin disaccharide in painful sensory axonal neuropathy Methods aiding in the diagnosis of certain painful, predominantly sensory, polyneuropathies are disclosed, in which the amount of antibodies to trisulfated disaccharide is assessed in a test sample. Also disclosed are kits that can be used in the methods of the inve... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7157234 | Detection of very low quantities of analyte bound to a solid phase A microscale binding assay, analyte binding array, and kits are disclosed, which exploit the mass action law to harvest analyte from a liquid sample. This is achieved by fabrication of sorbent zones having up to ten times the binding capacity per unit area generally... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7122380 | Pharmaceutical compositions containing antigen-antibody complexes and uses therefor A pharmaceutical composition suitable for administration to human beings in the prevention or treatment of immunologic disorders includes: an immune complex of an antigen and a purified antibody specific thereto, the antigen being ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7026132 | Method of monitoring the effect of Cathepsin S inhibitors The present invention relates to a method for monitoring the effect of in vivo administration of Cathepsin S inhibitors by measuring accumulation of an intermediate degradation product of invariant chain (Ii), in particular the p10 Ii fragment, in blood of dosed sub... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7011952 | Diagnostics and therapeutics for macular degeneration-related disorders The invention relates to methods for diagnosing and treating macular degeneration-related disorders. The invention also related to methods for identifying genes that cause macular degeneration-related disorders. ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6982084 | Prevention and treatment of amyloidogenic disease The invention provides compositions and methods for treatment of amyloidogenic diseases. Such methods entail administering an agent that induces a beneficial immune response against an amyloid deposit in the patient. The methods are particularly useful for prophylac... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6951716 | Anti-platelet immunoglobulin bead positive control Immunoassay methods and apparatus are provided which utilize flow cytometry, coated latex microspheres, and fluorochrome labeled antibodies, to simultaneously detect the presence and amount of one or more analytes in a sample. Beads of several different sizes, color... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6951763 | Detection of antibodies to glycosphingolipids using solid-phase reactants coated with carbonyl groups Methods of detecting antibodies to one or more glycosphingolipid(s) of interest in a sample are disclosed which comprise using a solid-phase reactant having carbonyl groups attached theron, and the glycosphingolipid(s) of interest linked to the solid-phase reactant ... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6949451 | SOI chip with recess-resistant buried insulator and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor-on-insulator structure includes a substrate and a buried insulator stack overlying the substrate. The buried insulator stack includes a first dielectric layer and a recess-resistant layer overlying the first dielectric layer. A second dielectric laye... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6933106 | Platelet immunoglobulin bead suspension and flow cytometry Immunoassay methods and apparatus are provided which utilize flow cytometry, coated latex microspheres, and fluorochrome labeled antibodies, to simultaneously detect the presence and amount of one or more analytes in a sample. By combining FALS and fluorescence, it ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6887672 | Anti-equine Fc epsilon receptor alpha chain antibodies and methods to detect IgE The present invention relates to equine Fc epsilon receptor alpha chain nucleic acid molecules, proteins encoded by such nucleic acid molecules, antibodies raised against such proteins, and inhibitors of such proteins. The present invention also includes methods to ... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6878811 | Substance with antithrombotic activity and method for detecting glycokallidin A method for conveniently detecting binding between the von Willebrand factor and glycoprotein Ib and a means to be used therein. The von Willebrand factor fixed in a reactor immobilized in a reaction vessel in the presence of bottrocetin is bound to a chimeric prot... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6866846 | Patient-specific immunoadsorbers for the extracorporeal apheresis and methods for their preparation A process for preparing a patient-specific immunoadsorber, which comprises (i) extracting a body fluid from a patient having an immunopathological condition, the fluid containing immune complexes that are relevant to that immunopathological condition, (ii) contactin... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6864062 | Purified antigen for Alzheimer's disease and methods of obtaining and using same The invention relates, among other things, a preparation comprising Alzheimer's disease antigen (A68), as well as methods of obtaining this purified antigen, and methods of using this purified antigen, for instance, for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease and for detecti... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6852546 | Diagnosis of autoimmune disease The present invention provides methods and compositions useful in the diagnosis and management of autoimmune diseases. In particular, the present invention provides improved methods and compositions for the diagnosis and management of Graves' disease. The methods of... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6835382 | Ii peptide therapeutics to enhance antigen presentation Disclosed is a class of compounds referred to herein as effector compounds. Effector compounds are useful in connection with the modulation of an immune response. Modulation refers to the ability of the effector compounds of the present invention to either enhance (... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6824975 | Incorporation of selective binding substances in a solid phase assay device This invention discloses a method and composition for detecting the presence of class specific antibodies reactive with analytes such as bacteria, allergens, autoimmune antigens, viral proteins, and carbohydrates by lateral flow techniques. In one embodiment of the ... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6824986 | Methods for measuring in vivo cytokine production The present invention involves techniques for evaluating in vivo cytokine production through the in vivo capture of secreting cytokines by labeled cytokine-binding reagents, followed by in vitro measurement of serum levels of captured cytokine. The methods of the pr... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6815172 | Methods and compositions for opsonophagocytic assays Methods and compositions comprising immunoassays for the detection of functional antibodies and the analysis of vaccine efficacy are described. In particular, the present invention provides opsonophagocytic assays. The assays are useful for the rapid and simultaneou... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6803196 | Methods and compositions for detecting signals in binding assays using microparticles Methods and compounds are provided for detecting target molecules in a sample using specific binding assays. In particular, methods are provided for detecting a nucleic acid target in a sample. In one embodiment, the presently claimed invention provides a method of ... | 10/12/2004 |
